“I just want to stay alone” – Charles Leclerc to gather himself before Hungarian GP. Charles to gather himself before Hungarian GP.

Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc admitted he wants to shut himself away for the next few days after the disappointing outcome of the French Grand Prix, where he suffering the latest gut punch to his Formula 1 championship prospects in 2022.

The first part of the current F1 campaign was marked by several reliability issues and strategic errors from the Maranello team’s pitwall, things got even worse at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, as Charles Leclerc crashed out of the lead of the French Grand Prix due to an individual mistake.

It is therefore the fourth time this season Charles Leclerc has lost valuable points while in the lead, following the engine failures that cost him dear at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona and at the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan, alongside the poor strategy calls in the Monaco Grand Prix.

“I feel like I’m performing at the highest level of my career since the beginning of the season, but there’s no point in performing at a high level if I do those mistakes,” admitted a dejected Charles Leclerc after the French Grand Prix, as the Monegasque driver is now 63 points behind the Red Bull of Max Verstappen.

“Thirty-two points lost overall – 25 here as it was likely we were going to win because we were fast – and seven in Imola because of my mistake. So at the end of the year we will count back and if there are 32 points missing then I know it’s come from me and I know I did not deserve to win the championship. For the second half of the season, I know I need to get on top of things if I want to be a world champion.” – he added.

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Charles Leclerc now has just a few days to gather himself before the Hungarian Grand Prix, which will be the final race until summer break, with the following race scheduled in Belgium at the end of August. When asked about how he plans to regroup ahead of the Hungaroring event, Charles Leclerc explained: “I’m going to close myself at home and only go out when I have [to catch] the plane to go to Budapest. I just want to stay alone.”