Unhappy Hadjar slams himself after Miami mistake wipes him out of race
The French Red Bull Racing man slammed his hands in frustration after his Miami crash
Isack Hadjar was fuming with himself after an early crash wiped him out of the Miami Grand Prix.
Forced to start from the pit lane after his Red Bull Racing car was found to contravene the regulations, disqualifying him from his ninth place grid slot, the Frenchman had the bit between his teeth in a bid to get into the points scoring positions.
But heading into the tight chicane before the back-straight on lap 6, Hadjar clipped the inside wall, breaking his RB22’s suspension and firing him straight into the wall, bringing out the safety car.
The 21-year-old was furious with his mistake, sat in the car slamming the steering wheel and his helmet in frustration before stalking back to the pitlane once recovered.
It was a weekend to forget for the Red Bull man. Saturday’s sprint race was a forgettable one, coming home in ninth outside of the points places before his qualifying DQ.
And with only one point-scoring finish in the opening four races this season - an eighth place in the second race in China - Hadjar’s frustration since moving to Tilbrook was on full display in Miami.
“It's a tough one to take,” he said afterwards. “We had a good start from the pitlane and I felt awesome the first few laps. We had very good pace early on and then the mistake came.
“I didn't see it coming and everything went so fast, I was just too eager and ended up finding the limit of the track. I need to look back at what happened to understand where I went wrong.
“The team made a big step forward and the pace was much stronger today than we've had in the opening rounds, so I'm frustrated that I couldn't score what I felt were easy points.
“I'm already itching to get back into the car in Canada and maximise what we now have.”