Isack Hadjar<\/a>, meanwhile, had a solid first day with the senior outfit, taking fourth in the first session and ninth in the second.<\/p>\nAsked about the impact of the Verstappen off, Monaghan said: \u201cI\u2019ll say there\u2019s enough to keep us busy. It\u2019s recoverable. It\u2019s nothing that drastic. It\u2019s a bit of a thump, so we\u2019ll tidy it up and go again.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Red Bull “competitive straight off” with new Ford-backed power unit<\/p>\n
Monaghan agreed that otherwise it had been a positive day for the team, as it put more miles on its in-house-built Ford-backed power unit.<\/p>\n
\u201cFantastic,\u201d he said. \u201cBrand-new engine of our own, new car, new rules, and both cars went out the pitlane at the start of P1 and both were competitive straight off.<\/p>\n
\u201cIsack is getting his head round it, is quite forthright, seems to know what he wants. Max is typically a somewhat driven, competitive soul. The car\u2019s reasonably well balanced.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a couple of little issues in P2. So that hindered us a little bit, but I think our main objective tomorrow is to sort out how we get laps out of this car in whatever, whether it\u2019s qualifying or the race situation, and how we learn how to repeatedly do that and get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n
Expanding on the PU reliability he said: \u201cThe value of going round and round, especially with the new car, new rules, is pretty obvious. If we don\u2019t run it, we don\u2019t get knowledge. But what a fantastic achievement \u2013 brand spanking new engine and it just runs. It\u2019s wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Monaghan conceded that it was still too early to have a clear picture of where the top teams lie in the pecking order following Friday’s running at Albert Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say so, not yet,\u201d he noted. \u201cIf I said to you how much fuel is in each car, you probably don\u2019t know. Equally you don\u2019t know how much is in ours. I can\u2019t tell you what level of engine performance is being deployed by our opposition, if it\u2019s variable for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid they get their deployment correct? Were the tyres in the best condition possible? There\u2019s many things we can improve upon for tomorrow. It\u2019s just whether that improvement is good enough to take us to the front or whether we line up behind some our charming opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Returning to the scene of his nightmare first weekend with Racing Bulls last year, in which he crashed on the sighting lap, Hadjar professed himself pleased with progress.<\/p>\n
\u201cReliability has been good,\u201d the Frenchman told Crash.net. \u201cIn terms of consistency, every lap in FP2 has been quite difficult in terms of deployment and everything. But we\u2019ll look into it. It cannot go smooth on day one.\u201d<\/p>\n
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He added: \u201cThis year it feels like not enough practice going into qualifying. There\u2019s still so much unknown. I wish I had more laps to understand what is going on with the PU.”<\/p>\n
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