Charles Leclerc says Ferrari need to understand why they made the surprise call to move him onto the hard tyres for the final stages of the Hungarian GP.
Leclerc was in the mix for the Grand Prix victory on Sunday afternoon as the second set of stops came around, but Ferrari opted to put him onto hard tyres rather than softs for the final stint, which was a move that massively impacted his race and not for the right reasons.
Indeed, he'd quickly complain that the tyres were awful, and he found himself in the clutches of Max Verstappen and then George Russell, with both able to breeze past him.
The ultimate embarrassment for Ferrari, meanwhile, came a handful of laps later as they decided to pit Leclerc again and then put him onto the soft tyres, as they should have done in the first place, with the damage firmly done.
Indeed, a race that was meant to see Leclerc get some points back in the fight against Max Verstappen turned into an afternoon that now sees Max 80 points clear of the rest in the Drivers' standings, and Leclerc said that Ferrari need to understand just why they keep getting things wrong:
"I said that I wanted to stay on the medium tyre for as long as possible so we need to understand why we went on the hard," Leclerc said to the gathered press here at the Hungaroring.
"I made it clear I wanted to stay on the medium for as long as possible but we pitted quite early for the hard and we need to understand why.
"Obviously, a race like this is frustrating and we need to get better as a whole, it's always felt like there's something going on whether it's reliability, mistakes or whatever. We need to be better at putting a weekend together and we'll try and use the few days that we have to reset and analyse where we need to be better."
Charles was also asked about the state of play in the championship, stating:
"Before thinking about the championship I just want to understand, and as a team we need to understand, what we need to do to get better because otherwise, it's going to be very difficult."