{"id":947975,"date":"2026-10-31T20:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T20:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947975\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T20:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T20:30:16","slug":"f1-news-isack-hadjar-warned-by-fia-after-shoving-fan-in-mexico-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947975\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Isack Hadjar warned by FIA after shoving fan in Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/XPB_1448446_HiRes.jpg\" class=\"sc-hero-img\" alt=\"Hadjar warned by FIA after shoving fan in Mexico City\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIsack Hadjar has received a warning by the FIA for an incident with a fan in Mexico City. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n<p>Video of the incident, which took place ahead of Friday\u2019s FP1 session, showed the Red Bull driver pushing a person who approached him for a selfie as he made his way towards the team garage.<\/p>\n<p>Hadjar was summoned to the stewards on Saturday, with officials reviewing footage and hearing from the Frenchman and a team representative before ruling his actions breached the FIA International Sporting Code.<\/p>\n<p>The stewards were told Hadjar was running late for practice, having already stopped to pose for a photograph with a young fan when another guest approached him aggressively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe driver initially resisted the move by placing his hand on the waist of the guest, holding him at bay, then the driver pushed him aside with his open right hand,\u201d the stewards said in their report.<\/p>\n<p>Although that push amounted to misconduct under Article 12.2.1(l) of the International Sporting Code, officials decided a formal warning was sufficient after identifying five mitigating circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>They accepted that Hadjar was responding to an unwanted and aggressive approach while attempting to get through a crowded paddock before practice.<\/p>\n<p>The stewards also considered that the guest had entered his personal space without permission, that he had inadequate security and that drivers regularly face difficulties navigating the paddock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne security person was walking behind him and was unable to intervene and prevent what was tantamount to an invasion of the driver\u2019s private space,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/drivers\/max-verstappen\/\" class=\"scdh-autolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Verstappen<\/a> has previously compared the F1 paddock to a \u201czoo\u201d because of the number of guests and VIPs allowed inside.<\/p>\n<p>Hadjar endured a disrupted start to the weekend on track, completing just 21 laps amid power unit problems and finishing 11th in FP1.<\/p>\n<p>He recovered to sixth in FP2 before finishing eighth in Saturday\u2019s final practice ahead of qualifying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/f1-news-2026-mexico-city-grand-prix-fp3-practice-results-mercedes-lando-norris-kimi-antonelli\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Norris steals fastest time late in tight Mexico City FP3<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Isack Hadjar has received a warning by the FIA for an incident with a fan in Mexico City.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,10114,139444,806,805,803,804,7499,85],"class_list":["post-947975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-isack-hadjar","tag-mexico-city-gp","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-slot4","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947975","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=947975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}