Charles Leclerc says he was puzzled by Ferrari's decision to put him on the hard tyre for his third stint in the Hungarian GP, a move that he reckoned lost him a win. Leclerc and teammate Carlos Sainz opted to launch their race on the medium tyre behind pole sitter George Russell, and the pair ran behind the Mercedes driver until the latter's pit stop on lap 15. Sainz then picked up the baton only to switch to a second set of mediums two laps later. Leclerc then undercut his teammate by extending his first stint to lap 21 before overtaking Russell ten laps later. The Monegasque capitalized on his strong pace up front but was called in by his team on lap 40 for a potentially final pit stop....
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