One second behind Verstappen, Hadjar is frustrated after the Sprint qualifying session in Miami: "I'm not enjoying myself at all in the car."

While Lando Norris secured pole position for the Sprint race scheduled for Saturday, May 2nd in Miami for the return to business of the Formula 1Isack Hadjar, for his part, wore a more sullen expression. At the wheel of a Red Bull Rethought during the spring break, the Frenchman failed to play at the front and finished ninth in the first qualifying session of the weekend.

« Honestly, since this morning, I don't really understand what's going on. It's frustrating. " laments Hadjar speaking to Canal+ after SQ3.

The pill is all the more bitter because of his teammate Max Verstappen managed to raise the car from Milton Keynes, right behind the leaders, finishing six-tenths of a second behind the reigning champion, while Isack Hadjar trailed the Dutchman by a full second. I'm one second behind my teammate. I've always known why I was sometimes slower or faster than him, but now, to be one second behind… I'll have to find out why. he gets annoyed. I still know how to drive, but I need to understand it. I'm not enjoying the car at all. I'm struggling to understand it, so for me it's not a big step forward. For Max Verstappen, on the other hand, who is half a second off pole, he's achieved our best result of the year. »

This disappointing performance comes after a five-week hiatus and only 90 minutes of Free Practice 1 to familiarize himself with the new parts. Having already finished ninth in this single practice session, Isack Hadjar still seems to be finding his feet on the Florida track with a car he is struggling to tame.

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