Since ninth place on the starting grid, Isack Hadjar could certainly have hoped for better outcome. While the rain arrived as the surprise guest of this event, the Frenchman had the opportunity to discover these conditions for his first season in Formula 1, he who had been forced to abandon in the Training Tour in Melbourne.
Finally, the start of the race certainly went smoothly for him, but also without rhythm in the middle of a grouped peloton. His teammate Liam Lawson, however left since 14th position,, for example, finished the first round in front of him thanks to a departure much better undertaken by the New Zealander.
An excess of prudence for Hadjar?
At the microphone of Canal+, Isack Hadjar returned to this first race negotiated under wet conditions, giving rise to unusual choices for him. “I took a little margin because in the end it is the first time that I have been running in the rain with the inters, I had never rolled themhe recalled. It was a bit complicated. We lacked traction at the start. Already I lose a place on Alonso and just after on Liam, and after honestly, the pace was not good. »»
-After this expensive departure, the Racing Bulls pilot also paid the price for a strategy that is difficult to set up in a particularly tight window. “We ate the tires very quickly, the track dried up quickly and we pitched the least ideal tour since in the end, a tour later, we benefit from the safety because, and a round earlier this is what Liam did and it was much better, he added, weary. But that’s how it is, I think there was not much to do, you just had to take the news. »»
Although these changing conditions are not yet a certainty for the rest of the weekend, the errors made this Saturday will no longer be allowed on Sunday. In the meantime, Isack Hadjar will have something to make up for the qualification scheduled this Saturday at 10 p.m. French time.
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