Ferrari director ‘rushed’ to stop Charles Leclerc ‘exploding’ as unplanned meeting emerges

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Charles Leclerc took Ferrari’s first pole position this season at the 2025 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix, but the Scuderia would not take a lot of positives into the summer break.

The pride of Italy were the last squad among Formula 1’s top four teams to score a pole this season, with McLaren recording eight, Red Bull securing four and Mercedes sealing one. Yet Ferrari are still without a Grand Prix win this season, while their rivals have 11, two and one.

While the Scuderia sit second in the constructors’ standings, Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton are also only fifth and sixth in the F1 drivers’ championship after 14 rounds. The 27-year-old has entered the summer break with 151 points, to lead his 40-year-old teammate’s 109 thus far.

So, while Leclerc took pole for the Hungarian GP, Ferrari do not have many positives to mull over before the travelling circus regroups in the Netherlands on August 29-31. Leclerc could not convert his 27th career pole into his ninth career win, as he ultimately finished in fourth.

Ferrari sporting director Diego Loverno stopped Charles Leclerc ‘exploding’ in the media in Hungary

Leclerc’s hopes in the Hungarian GP collapsed after his second pit stop on Lap 40/70, with the Monegasque fading from fighting Oscar Piastri over the lead to finishing behind George Russell. Ferrari told Leclerc that he had a problem with his chassis, which remains unproven.

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It is believed that Ferrari compromised Leclerc’s Hungarian GP to protect his skid plank, with the Scuderia forced to lower the top speed of his engine and also increase his tyre pressures during the race. The changes enraged Leclerc, who felt he could have found a ‘different way’.

Given the Monegasque’s fury over their radio, Auto Sport Web reports that Ferrari sporting director Diego Loverno ‘quickly rushed’ to speak to Leclerc after the Hungarian GP. Loverno was desperate to meet Leclerc in parc ferme and stop him ‘exploding in front of the media’.

Loverno did not plan on speaking to Leclerc as soon as he got out of his SF-25 last Sunday. But, given how the Ferrari Driver Academy product’s race unravelled, the Bologna native did not want to risk Leclerc potentially continuing to vent his anger while he spoke to the media.

Charles Leclerc appeared to bite his tongue after his Hungarian Grand Prix collapse

Ferrari sporting director Loverno’s frantic words in Leclerc’s ear right after the Hungarian GP seemingly did the trick, as the Monegasque then appeared to tow the company line and put his issues down to a possible chassis issue rather than blaming his engine or tyre pressures.

But, while the Scuderia seemingly tried to hide the true cause for his collapse, how Leclerc’s race unravelled left them entering the summer break on a low. Hamilton was even only able to qualify and finish the Hungarian GP in P12 for the Briton’s worst classified result this year.

It has even been suggested that Ferrari’s rear suspension upgrade debuted at Spa has failed if Leclerc’s Hungarian GP unravelled due to fears about excessive skid plank wear. The team hoped the upgrade would let them run the SF-25 lower to the ground and unlock its speed.