However, a change in wind direction in Q3 unsettled Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, opening the door for Charles Leclerc<\/a> to take his 27th Formula 1 pole position.<\/p>\n Leclerc\u2019s Ferrari<\/a> was supremely quick over one lap, with teammate Lewis Hamilton<\/a> failing to even reach Q3; there were some very mixed emotions in the team\u2019s garages over the weekend.<\/p>\n Position Constructors’ Standings PointsPts 1 559 2 260 3 236 4 194 5 70 6 52 7 51 8 45 9 35 10 20 <\/p>\n Hamilton telling Ferrari to choose another driver<\/a> after his qualifying exit and point-less weekend has given team principal Fred Vasseur another issue to deal with, but he\u2019ll be equally upset that Leclerc couldn\u2019t convert his front row start into victory or even a podium finish.<\/p>\n Leclerc became a \u2018sitting duck\u2019 during the final stint of the race<\/a> as his Ferrari encountered an unexpected issue.<\/p>\n Martin Brundle<\/a> made a prediction after hearing a particularly irate radio message from Leclerc that ultimately came true just a few laps later.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc\u2019s life outside F1 from net worth to girlfriend<\/a><\/p>\n On the team radio during his final stint, Leclerc was heard saying: \u201cThis is so incredibly frustrating! We have lost all competitiveness.<\/p>\n \u201cYou just have to listen to me, I would have found a different way of managing those issues. Now it\u2019s just undrivable.<\/p>\n \u201cUndriveable. It\u2019s a miracle if we finish on the podium.\u201d<\/p>\n In response to Leclerc\u2019s message on Sky Sports<\/a> F1 (4\/8, 3:16 pm), Brundle and co-commentator David Croft<\/a> discussed his struggles.<\/p>\n Croft said: \u201cAnd he\u2019s right in that, because George Russell\u2019s a second-per-lap faster.<\/p>\n \u201cCharles Leclerc, for two-thirds of this race, before the final pit stop, before Oscar Piastri got up to him, was driving beautifully, and everything seemed OK from the outside, although not from within.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd now his race is falling apart. Whatever those issues are, he is clearly furious, and it\u2019s destroying his race.\u201d<\/p>\n RANKDRIVERTEAMPOINTS1Lando NorrisMcLaren252Oscar PiastriMcLaren183George RussellMercedes154Charles LeclercFerrari125Fernando AlonsoAston Martin106Gabriel BortoletoSauber87Lance StrollAston Martin68Liam LawsonRacing Bulls49Max VerstappenRed Bull210Kimi AntonelliMercedes1<\/p>\n Brundle replied: \u201cYeah, he needs to somehow park that for now, though, he\u2019s absolutely angry as you say.<\/p>\n \u201cBut, a car driven in anger tends to go sideways or backwards more than it does forwards, you\u2019ve got to park that and get your head down, and do the talking afterwards.<\/p>\n \u201cIt must be some kind of power unit management situation, mustn\u2019t it? Something he wanted to address in a different way.<\/p>\n \u201cTyre pressures are kind of limited because you\u2019ve got to run a minimum blanket and track pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n Brundle\u2019s prediction that a driver who is \u2018clearly furious\u2019 tends to go backwards came true, even if he tried a very aggressive move on George Russell to try and retain third place, which ultimately led to him being given a penalty.<\/p>\n READ MORE: All you need to know about Scuderia Ferrari from team principal to factory<\/a><\/p>\n Charles Leclerc takes back furious Hungarian Grand Prix radio message after Ferrari explanation<\/p>\n Ferrari never revealed the true extent of what went wrong with Leclerc\u2019s car during the race.<\/p>\n Speaking to Sky Sports after the Grand Prix, Leclerc explained: \u201cFirst of all, I need to take back the words I\u2019ve said on the radio because I thought that it was coming from one thing, but then I got a lot more details since I got out of the car.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was actually an issue coming from the chassis and nothing that we could have done differently.<\/p>\n \u201cI started to feel the issue in lap 40 or something like that, and then it got worse, lap after lap after lap, and towards the end, we were two seconds off the pace. And the car was just undrivable.\u201d<\/p>\n Position Drivers’ Championship PointsPts 1 284 2 275 3 187 4 172 5 151 6 109 7 64 8 54 9 37 10 27 <\/p>\n It\u2019s a result that leaves Leclerc marooned in fifth place in the drivers\u2019 championship<\/a>, when it should have catapulted him into contention to be the best of the rest behind the McLaren drivers.<\/p>\n![\"Ferrari](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2227694896-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Andrea Diodato\/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesMartin Brundle predicted Charles Leclerc\u2019s Hungarian Grand Prix to fall apart after angry radio message<\/p>\n