Leclerc frustrated by "lack of performance"

In the round-up: Charles Leclerc says he’s unhappy with the “overall lack of performance” from Ferrari

In brief

Leclerc frustrated by Ferrari’s “overall lack of performance”

After he qualified in sixth for today’s Hungarian Grand Prix, two places behind team mate Carlos Sainz Jnr, Charles Leclerc admitted to being unhappy with the lack of pace from his team in Hungary.

“I’m more frustrated just about the overall lack of performance,” Leclerc said.

“I think Carlos have been driving very well this weekend. He finishes P4 which I think is the position of the car really and he did a really good job. I finished P6 a bit behind, not a really clean lap. P5 was possible on my side, but P4 and P5 was the best result we could have hoped as a team. The biggest problem is that we don’t have the pace that we used to have at the beginning of the season.”

Pourchaire “best driver” to call – Brown

After Alexander Rossi was forced out of today’s IndyCar race in Toronto due to injury, McLaren CEO Zak Brown says replacement Theo Pourchaire was the obvious choice to replace him.

“We thought he was the best driver, simple as that,” Brown told the IndyCar broadcast during yesterday’s qualifying session.

“He did an excellent job driving for us, he knows the team. Obviously we’ve thrown him in the deep end here, learning the new circuit in qualifying. But he’s a pro, we enjoy our time with him.”

Hadjar family member fined by stewards

A relative of Red Bull junior driver and Formula 2 championship leader Isack Hadjar earned his Campos team a €1,000 (£842) fine after he was deemed to be “loitering” in the pit lane during yesterday’s sprint race.

The stewards determined that Yassin Hadjar – a guest of Campos for this weekend – was “loitering adjacent to the fast lane in the pit lane during the race and was seen to often be focused on his phone”. They fined the team and stated that he would have his pit lane access revoked if any similar infringement takes place again.

Hadjar was promoted onto the podium of yesterday’s race after race winner, Richard Verschoor, was disqualified for excessive plank wear after the race.

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