“There is nothing that was going”

In Bahrain, Isack Hadjar has experienced his worst Grand Prix from Melbourne. The weekend started with difficulty for the Frenchman, who could not qualify for the Q3, after having failed in 12th position. This result put an end to a small series of two appearances in the top 10 in qualifying for the rookie.

In the race, things did not help, quite the contrary. From the start, Hadjar lost many positions, slipping in 16th place. He was then unable to go back to the peloton ending this 14th test, taken in “A bad spiral” of counter-performance.

“Honestly, so far, we have always had very good starts”he said at the microphone of Canal+ “But all weekend, I don’t know why, we had a lot of trouble, so we were not very confident. In terms of the procedure, I think I did a good job, but in the end we just do a tread.”

“So before I even arrive at turn 1, I lose two or three places and after, the dynamics are bad. It is a bad spiral: each decision that I make, it’s the bad. The guys, they pass outside, inside … In short, there is nothing going on.”

A performance very distant from what the Racing Bulls driver was able to show this season, especially during the last meeting in Suzuka, where he had scored his first points in F1 after having qualified seventh. This Grand Prix was also the first time that the French beginner has experienced real degradation on his tires, since races in China and Japan had been an exception on this point.

Asked about the learning he held from this new F1 experience, Hadjar replied: “Already, our strategy was based on a somewhat successful departure, so it is sure that when you find yourself 16th, with the tender, it is not the right choice. And afterwards, we try to be aggressive, stop and try the undercut, and the rhythm was not bad. Safety because we really killed us, so there …”