Ferrari mentality questioned by F1 legend in Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen battle

Ferrari have been accused of having less confidence in their strategies than Red Bull which could cost Charles Leclerc this season. Former F1 star Mika Hakkinen has warned Ferrari 'got it wrong' with their calls at the Monaco Grand Prix after pitting Leclerc at a bad time.

He stressed Red Bull appeared to have the 'confidence' to make the right decisions whereas Ferrari 'hesitated'. Hakkinen said the errors were down to the 'people' in the team and indicated Red Bull could seemingly handle situations better 'under pressure'.

Leclerc was comfortably leading the Monaco Grand Prix before Ferrari pitted him for intermediate tyres. Meanwhile, his team-mate Carlos Sainz stayed out, waiting for the track to dry before making one stop for slicks.

Leclerc pitted again a few laps later for hard tyres and lost track position to his team-mate which infuriated the Ferrari star. However, the situation got even worse as Red Bull stopped a lap later and managed to get ahead.

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This saw Sergio Perez take the lead and Max Verstappen jump Leclerc, pushing the 24-year-old down to fourth. Writing in his Unibet column, Hakkinen said: "In the race Ferrari hesitated at the key moment, calling Charles in, then pitting him again and also leaving Carlos out longer than was necessary.

"Red Bull got the strategy right, jumping their cars from third and fourth up to first and third. I know Ferrari have said they are going to analyse the reasons why their strategy went so badly wrong, but I think the technical analysis will be less important than the human factors.

"What makes one team have the confidence to make the right call, and another team to hesitate and get it