Helmut Marko has described Isack Hadjar’s response to crashing out on the formation lap on the Australian Grand Prix as “a bit embarrassing”.
Hadjar misplaced management at Flip 2 in moist circumstances when making an attempt to generate tire temperature on the best way to the grid, crashing into the barrier and failing to make the beginning of what was his debut race. The Racing Bulls driver was then pictured strolling down the paddock in tears, returning to his staff distraught at his error.
“Isack Hadjar did slightly little bit of crying after his crash,” he instructed Austrian broadcaster ORF. “That was a bit embarrassing.”
Nevertheless, Marko’s feedback weren’t reciprocated by the vast majority of the paddock, after Lewis Hamilton’s father Anthony stopped the rookie – who has made no secret of the very fact Hamilton is his hero – on his return from the incident to supply phrases of encouragement.
“Once I noticed it occur, my coronary heart simply sank for him,” Hamilton instructed Sky Sports activities. “Not only for him, for his dad and mom, for every part they’ve performed to work onerous to get to this one level, and it’s prefer it’s snatched from you.
“I simply felt horrible for him, so I assumed ‘you understand what, I must go and inform this child preserve your head excessive, stroll tall, you’re gonna come again’. I believe he’s an outstanding driver. I believe there’s extra to come back from Isack than we most likely have seen this weekend.”
Hadjar himself defined the incident was attributable to a want to attempt to be aggressive in the best way he warmed his tires earlier than a moist first race begin in F1, and mentioned he felt horrible for his automobile crew however was grateful for the gesture from Anthony Hamilton.
“(Hamilton mentioned) simply preserve your head excessive,” Hadjar mentioned. “I believe he is aware of what robust occasions are and I believe he sees a rookie placing it within the wall on not even lap one, he is aware of how robust it feels. He got here to consolation me, I believe it was a very nice gesture from him. However nonetheless it feels actually onerous and I really feel actually sorry for the staff.”
Purple Bull staff principal Christian Horner was one other who was supportive of Hadjar’s response to the crash, regardless of the severity of his error ruling him out of the race earlier than it had even began.
“It was fairly heart-wrenching to see him so gutted in his first grand prix,” Horner mentioned. “I believe the positives he must take out of it when he displays on the weekend. He carried out very properly by way of the practices and the qualifying.
“You neglect that these guys are simply youngsters actually. Clearly a variety of emotion for him, however I believe when he strips it again, there’s an terrible lot of positives he can take out of the weekend. He’s received many vivid days forward of him.”
