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Journalist
Passionate about football from an early age, becoming a sports journalist quickly became obvious to Hugo. He will later discover a love for the NBA, before exploring other horizons like those of formula 1 and the NFL.
In an interview with Reuters, Isack Hadjar returned to the origin of his nickname, “Petit Prost”. A nickname Helmut Marko gave him, the Red Bull sports council, where he is also responsible for young pilots. A eye club to the quadruple world champion Alain Prost, but not for the reasons we believe.
-Isack Hadjar quickly got up his failure during his very first Grand Prix in formula 1. in the rain in Australiathe Frenchman had been forced to abandon because of an accident in the Training Tour. Since then, he has chained the good performances, especially in qualifying, and obtained his first points at Japanbefore finishing tenth in Saudi Arabia.
“I was biting my nails and he said to me” yes, like prost “”
Successful beginnings for the one we call the “little prost”, in reference to the quadruple world champion Alain Prost. A nickname given by Helmut Marko and of which Isack Hadjar explained the origin in an interview with Reuters : « I was gnawing at my nails and he said “yes, like prost”. He told me this. Like prost. That’s it. It’s as simple as that. I don’t mind. Prost is a legend. Child, it was Ayrton (Senna), but the more I grow up, the more I appreciate Alain. When you are a child, you only think of speed and bright colors. When we see Ayrton Senna, we say to ourselves “Oh, it’s incredible”. And later Lewis (Hamilton). »
“I think his career is really underestimated”
In the eyes ofIsack Hadjarthe one called the “professor” did not have the recognition he deserved: “ I think his career is really underestimated. I will not proclaim myself as an intelligent type, but I certainly have the approach that my father always wanted, that I use my head first … Think when you drive and make the difference outside the car. »
