{"id":37563,"date":"2025-08-01T13:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/37563\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:42:08","slug":"charles-leclerc-concedes-hungaroring-by-far-my-worst-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/37563\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Leclerc concedes Hungaroring ‘by far my worst track’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Leclerc<\/a> has labelled the Hungaroring his \u201cworst track\u201d as he aims to finally break his podium duck at the Formula 1<\/a> Hungarian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Despite Ferrari\u2019s<\/a> strong recent form, the Monegasque is managing expectations this weekend at a circuit where he has never finished higher than fourth.<\/p>\n

Leclerc arrives in Budapest <\/a>on the back of a strong run with Ferrari, having finished inside the top three in four of the last six races.<\/p>\n

However, speaking during Thursday\u2019s Drivers\u2019 Press Conference, he remained cautious about extending that productive form in Hungary.<\/p>\n

Leclerc described the Hungaroring as his \u201cworst track\u201d when asked whether his recent podium at Spa-Francorchamps signalled that he and Ferrari can now regularly challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, this weekend, I\u2019m not sure,\u201d he told media including Motorsport Week when pondering if a podium was on the cards. \u201cIt\u2019s by far my worst track of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

But he added with optimism: \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to trying to prove that wrong and to finally have a good weekend here in Budapest.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old was also clear that Ferrari is not yet the second quickest car on the grid and maintained a realistic outlook on the team\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n

When asked why his record at the Hungaroring has been so poor, he admitted: \u201cI don\u2019t know, I wish I knew \u2013 it just hasn\u2019t been very successful for me in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably something with my driving style. I\u2019ve got to work a little harder here compared to other tracks, but that\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CharlesCharles Leclerc is aiming to maintain his recent strong form<\/p>\n

Leclerc\u2019s struggles and setbacks at the Hungaroring<\/p>\n

The eight-time Grand Prix winner was also asked about his struggles at the Hungaroring given his strong performances at Monaco \u2013 a circuit often described as similar to Budapest but with walls.<\/p>\n

He responded: \u201cMaybe it\u2019s the walls that are missing. I don\u2019t know where it\u2019s coming from, but I\u2019m still confident we can have a great weekend. We\u2019ll see how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leclerc has started seven races at the Hungaroring, failing to finish twice and never qualifying on the front row. <\/p>\n

The only other current tracks on the 2025 calendar where he shares a similar record are Interlagos and Shanghai.<\/p>\n

Leclerc\u2019s fortunes at the Hungaroring have often been hampered by bad luck, most notably in 2021.<\/p>\n

While both Red Bulls and Lando Norris were taken out by Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas at the start, Leclerc appeared set to slot into second behind Lewis Hamilton. <\/p>\n

However, Lance Stroll\u2019s Aston Martin charged into Turn 1, taking out both Leclerc and Daniel Ricciardo and ending their races prematurely. <\/p>\n

READ MORE \u2013 Charles Leclerc hails Fred Vasseur renewal as \u2018important\u2019 milestone in Ferrari F1 recovery<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charles Leclerc has labelled the Hungaroring his \u201cworst track\u201d as he aims to finally break his podium duck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,13275,817,826,33852,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-37563","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-charles-leclerc","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-ferrari","13":"tag-hungariangp","14":"tag-motor","15":"tag-motor-sports","16":"tag-motosport","17":"tag-motosports","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}