Charles Leclerc knew he had no-one to blame but himself for the crash which cost him a possible race victory at the French Grand Prix.
He started the race from pole and held off Max Verstappen in the opening stages. The Monegasque was managing his tyres superbly while making sure he kept his title rival in his mirrors over the course of the first 17 laps.
But then disaster struck, when the Ferrari star lost control of his rear tyres at Turn 11. He messed up his line on entry into the corner, and pressed on the throttle too hard but without the grip he needed, causing him to spin off the track and into the barrier.
He was furious over team radio after realising he had just handed the Verstappen the opportunity to move 25 points further clear in the standings. He screamed loudly over the radio before appearing to blame the throttle on the car.
But as he faced the media afterwards, he admitted that it was his error which caused the crash. "I've been saying I think I'm performing at my highest level in my career but if I keep doing those mistakes then it's pointless to perform at a very high level," he told Sky Sports F1 .
"I'm losing too many points. Seven in Imola, 25 here because we probably were the strongest car on track today so if we lose the Championship by 32 points at the end of the season I will know from where they are coming from. And, it unacceptable, I just need to get on top of those things."
Asked if there is anything Leclerc plans to do to get on top of those costly errors, he replied: "I go through the same process all the time. I try to analyse... the snap was a bit of a weird one, so I'll look at the data to try to understand it, but I don't know yet. To me, it is a mistake and that's it.
"I was pushing too much and I lost the rear. It's been a very tough weekend for me, I struggled a lot with the balance of the car. But when it's warm like this it's very difficult to be consistent, and it was difficult to put the laps together. I did a mistake at the wrong moment."
