Hadjar later discovered the loss of performance was caused by damage to his front wing rather than his driving or tyre management.
“I went on the hard, new tyres, no pace. Very confused, I was told we were missing a load on the car. And once they changed the front wing, I went back again. I nearly gained two seconds straight away. A waste of a race really,” the Frenchman added.
Despite the setback, the Red Bull driver enjoyed the opportunity to race directly against his four-time world champion team-mate.
“It was great, it was quite nice and I felt good behind him, for a couple of laps until I lost everything. It was good, he was very impressive today again. He was fighting for the podium so good information but I wish I didn’t have to change the front wing,” Hadjar concluded.