{"id":112293,"date":"2025-09-02T03:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T03:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/112293\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T03:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T03:52:10","slug":"f1-news-hadjar-to-receive-new-trophy-after-zandvoort-mishap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/112293\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Hadjar to receive new trophy after Zandvoort mishap"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIsack Hadjar celebrates his maiden F1 podium at Zandvoort. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old Racing Bulls driver, who finished third at Zandvoort on Sunday, saw his podium prize snap in two<\/a> while setting it down for a team photo outside the garage.<\/p>\n

The incident left Hadjar open-mouthed in disbelief before his mechanics turned it into a lighthearted moment, spraying him with champagne as he held up only the top half of the award.<\/p>\n

Organisers moved quickly to reassure the Frenchman that he would not be left without a proper memento of the achievement, with the Dutch Grand Prix and trophy manufacturer Royal Delft confirming that a new version of the third-place prize is already being prepared.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe trophies are made of high-quality ceramic and are hand-painted by our master painters. Ceramic is a beautiful, but also fragile material: it can break if exposed to unexpected vibration or impact,\u201d a spokesperson for the Dutch Grand Prix said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this case, the trophy was probably placed on an uneven surface. Then the pressure can distribute itself unevenly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis can lead to stress points in the middle or at thinner parts, which can cause the material to crack and thus break.\u201d<\/p>\n

They added that the Zandvoort prizes had been used for three consecutive years without issue, calling Hadjar\u2019s accident \u201ca truly exceptional\u201d case.<\/p>\n

Royal Delft, which has designed the distinctive blue-and-white podium trophies since the Dutch Grand Prix returned to the calendar in 2021, underlined its commitment to providing Hadjar with a fitting replacement.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether with the Dutch Grand Prix, we obviously want the winner of spot number 3 to get the trophy he deserves,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to make a new trophy for Hadjar. When we will deliver it is not yet known, but we are working hard on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe broken trophy stays with Hadjar. It is also a memento of a legendary moment for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hadjar\u2019s misfortune capped an otherwise career-defining afternoon in which he became the youngest French driver ever to stand on a Formula 1 podium and the fifth youngest overall in the sport\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

Starting from fourth on the grid, he resisted pressure from Charles Leclerc and George Russell before moving into the top three when Lando Norris retired with six laps remaining<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The result was Racing Bulls\u2019 first podium since 2021, and only the sixth for the Faenza-based squad since it started as Minardi in 1985.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Isack Hadjar celebrates his maiden F1 podium at Zandvoort. Image: XPB Images The 20-year-old Racing Bulls driver, who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,60689,817,813,816,10114,85],"class_list":["post-112293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dutch-gp","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-isack-hadjar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}