From the podium at Zandvoort to the pit lane at Monza, Isack Hadjar revealed his disappointment over a pending grid penalty for a planned engine change on his Racing Bulls that he laments will make it difficult to score points.<\/p>\n
Last weekend at the Dutch Grand Prix, Hadjar was one of the stars of the show as he raced his way onto the podium with a third-placed finish.<\/p>\n
Podium to pit lane: Isack Hadjar\u2019s huge disappointment<\/p>\n
Additional reporting by Thomas Maher<\/p>\n
This weekend at Monza, he concedes he\u2019s going to struggle to even score a point.<\/p>\n
The Frenchman is facing a pit lane start due to a planned engine change, with Racing Bulls \u201cchanging everything\u201d in his hybrid power unit.<\/p>\n
Speaking with PlanetF1.com and other\u00a0media\u00a0outlets after qualifying, Hadjar<\/a> revealed he went into Saturday\u2019s running aware that a penalty, which is yet to be confirmed by the FIA, was on the horizon.<\/p>\n \u201cI hate going into qualifying knowing that anyway I\u2019m starting last,\u201d he said, \u201cso as well the mindset was probably not great.<\/p>\n \u201cI like having pressure going into qualifying and this was just wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n More from qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 Winners and losers from the 2025 Italian Grand Prix qualifying<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 How Max Verstappen stunned McLaren at Monza as key corner costs Lando Norris<\/a><\/p>\n His mindset, though, was helped by Carlos Sainz\u2019s actions with the Williams driver pushing behind Hadjar on their out-laps with the Racing Bulls driver fuming at Sainz for \u201cplaying around, trying to make my life difficult\u201d.<\/p>\n Hadjar suffered his first Q1 elimination, down in 16th place but is expected to start the grand prix from the pit lane due to his engine penalty.<\/p>\n Although he reckons his VCARB 02\u2019s pace \u201cis good\u201d, he doubts he\u2019ll be able to work his way into the points.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I\u2019m starting in the top 10, we have a shot at points, but we can\u2019t overtake 10 cars on pure pace and with a good strategy,\u201d he added. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n