After a chaotic race at round 1 and their drivers colliding on the opening lap in round 2, Ferrari’s lack of pace was brutally exposed at the Hungarian Grand Prix; both drivers were lapped by race winner Lewis Hamilton as Sebastian Vettel finished 6th and Charles Leclerc a lowly 11th. 

A bad call by the pit wall to put Leclerc on softs after the switch for inters ruined his race as he got overtaken by three cars during that stint and got stuck behind Lando Norris for a number of laps after stopping.  

Vettel correctly made the call to switch to mediums after his race engineer had initially said they would fit softs to his car. It allowed him to fight in the hotly contested midfield battle throughout the race and managed to come home in 6th; a late-race move by Alex Albon meant he just fell short of a top 5 finish. 

Ferrari have a long road ahead to get back to where they should be with the resources they have.  

Sebastian Vettel 

"This was a better performance compared to my first race in Austria. However, in the early stages we might have done a bit better if I’d taken more of a gamble and come in for dry tyres on lap 3 instead of 4. As it was, I lost a lot of time, having to let other cars come down pit lane before I could be released. But in the end, fifth or sixth was the most we could have done. 

Towards the end, I was struggling with the tyres and even if I would have loved to have put up more of a fight, there wasn’t much I could do to keep Alex (Albon) behind me. We are not where we want to be just now, but at least we did everything we could today." 

Charles Leclerc 

"It was a very complicated race. I’m not sure what happened, because we didn’t make changes to the car, but it was extremely hard to drive, as the balance was so much worse than Friday and Saturday, when it was actually better than expected. It just didn’t feel like the same car. 

We need to look further into that to try and understand, as I was struggling a lot. We stopped for Softs a bit earlier than others and maybe it was a bit too optimistic. But it was a good call and I managed a few quick laps, but there was only one dry line so I could not overtake and, with hindsight the Soft was not the best choice. After that we were just slow. There’s lot of work ahead of us." 

Mattia Binotto 

"An extremely disappointing Sunday and the result is very hard to swallow. In qualifying, we had got the most out of the car as it is at the moment, but in the race that was not the case. To be lapped is very painful for us and our fans. 

Now we return home after this very long trip and we have to try everything we can to improve as much as possible in every area. Everyone will have to analyse their work and have the courage to change course if necessary, because the current dynamic is unacceptable. There is no other solution to fix this situation."