{"id":260337,"date":"2026-05-06T08:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260337\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:49:18","slug":"why-red-bull-isnt-worried-about-isack-hadjars-miami-gp-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260337\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Red Bull isn\u2019t worried about Isack Hadjar\u2019s Miami GP disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red Bull Formula 1 team principal Laurent\u00a0Mekies isn\u2019t concerned about Isack Hadjar<\/a>\u2019s tough Miami Grand Prix, as he felt mistakes on both sides contributed to his nightmare weekend.<\/p>\n

Having struggled to match Max\u00a0Verstappen<\/a>\u2019s pace in the upgraded Red Bull F1 car, Hadjar qualifying and finishing in ninth place in the Miami sprint while the Dutch driver qualified and finished in fifth, the French driver’s weekend nosedived after he was thrown out of grand prix qualifying for illegal car floorboards.<\/p>\n

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Red Bull confessed it was a team mistake and apologised to its driver, who was forced into a pitlane start. Hadjar made impressive gains early on, rising to 15th on lap five, when he blamed a lack of focus for hitting the inside wall at Turn 14, which broke his front-left suspension and put him in the wall at Turn 15.<\/p>\n

Given Red Bull\u2019s second-seat problem stretching back to 2019 after Daniel\u00a0Ricciardo<\/a> left, team boss Mekies isn\u2019t concerned about Hadjar\u2019s Miami showing and expects it to be a blip, as he had been much closer to Verstappen\u2019s level over the opening three rounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t think we should qualify that as a worry,\u201d\u00a0Mekies said about Hadjar\u2019s crash. \u201cWe had a tough weekend. This has not helped our performance. In terms of driving and in terms of rhythm, he still didn’t get into the right rhythm.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he would have been strong in the race, and was strong for the little he could have shown. I don’t think we are worried.<\/p>\n

\"Isack <\/p>\n

Isack Hadjar, Red Bull Racing<\/p>\n

Photo by: Liam Fabre<\/p>\n

\u201cWe certainly didn’t have a clean weekend. We didn’t help him either by sending him from the back of the grid after our mistake with the legality of the car. So no, not worried.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot a clean weekend, but there is every indication that we’ll be in the right speed again in Montreal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mekies clarified that Hadjar had the same floorboard spec\u00a0as Verstappen but Red Bull failed to spot the illegality before the car went into\u00a0parc ferme, meaning once the FIA technical team discovered the problem, it was too late to make amends.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe car was found to be two\u00a0millimetres too wide,\u201d Mekies explained. \u201cI call them [the part] the FIA bargeboard. It’s the compulsory part that we have there. We should have spotted it earlier in our routine checks. We did not. It’s painful, but it’s easy to fix.\u201d<\/p>\n

For his part,\u00a0Hadjar conceded he lost concentration which led to his crash, having been \u201cflying\u201d at the start of the Miami GP, but also admitted he had been struggling for pace all weekend prior to the race.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was too eager and too excited about making those moves and just ruined myself,\u201d Hadjar told Sky Sports F1. \u201cIt was easy to overtake and [I] should have been more cautious. There was no point trying to flirt with the limit in this corner. So I’m really, really pissed off.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s the first time I really struggle with my overall pace. This is new and I really need to dig deep because I don’t want another weekend like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Isack <\/p>\n

Isack Hadjar, Red Bull Racing<\/p>\n

Photo by: Hector Vivas \/ Formula 1 via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old was using\u00a0Verstappen\u2019s pace as a reference given he \u201cfelt faster\u201d than the previous rounds but just didn\u2019t click with the upgraded car in Miami.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though I couldn’t put it together, I couldn’t do what I wanted, I still felt faster than the last two weekends for example,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I do the job, put it together, you look at Max, what he’s done yesterday [in the sprint], what he’s doing now [in the grand\u00a0prix]. Clearly the car made a step. It’s not over, but I’m happy they found something.\u201d<\/p>\n

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