Leclerc's ‘close to illegal’ Ferrari? Former driver argues in favour of Russell

At the Hungaroring, the British driver suspected the Ferrari being 'close to being illegal' on Sunday after the Grand Prix, as overtaken the Monegasque driver to finish on the podium behind the two McLarens.

According to the former F1 driver from Colombia, what Russell said 'makes sense.'

"They're (Ferrari) not going to say we made a mistake, the car was too low. I think the engineers didn't calculate how much kerbs they're using on corner exits, and that's what's causing the plank wear," he said on the MontoyAS podcast.

After the Grand Prix, Leclerc told GPblog among others that he had issues with his chassis.

"I got a lot more details since I got out of the car, and it was actually an issue coming from the chassis and nothing that we could have done differently," he said.

However, Montoya believes if that was the case, Leclerc would have needed to retire his car.

"Because if there's a problem with the chassis, you have to stop the car. If there's a real problem with the chassis and it's somewhat damaged, they would normally stop the car for the driver's safety and everything. If you have a damaged suspension, you're not going to keep going that fast or anything. So I think that's where it's at," he shared his verdict.

In his column after the Hungarian GP, Sky Sports pundit Martin Brundle also supported Russell's claim.