"I just threw it all away": Isack Hadjar explains Miami F1 crash

Isack Hadjar admits he “wasn’t focussed” when he crashed out of the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix trying to recover from a pitlane start in his Red Bull.

The Frenchman qualified ninth, but was later thrown out of the result and sent to the back of the grid due to a bodywork infringement.

Red Bull then opted to give him some new power unit elements and start him from the pitlane.

The only driver to start on the hard tyres, he had passed several cars when he struck the wall at the apex of the Turn 14/15 chicane on the fifth lap. With his steering broken he was propelled into the wall on the exit.

He then showed his frustration by banging the steering wheel before alighting from the car.

“This was a tough one, just like breaking the car is pissing me off a lot,” Isack Hadjar said when asked by Crash.net about his emotions.

“And also I think that was easy points, considering the car I had. So I just threw it all away."

"Regarding the incident he said: “I can't really remember, because it went by very quickly. So I don’t have very good memory of exactly what happened, just felt like a big hit.

“I just didn't see it coming, and then the car was broken. I went in the other wall, couldn't stop it. So yeah, it just shows how much you need to be focussed, and I wasn't."

Hadjar said he felt good in the car in the early stages despite being on the less grippy hard tyres compared to those around him.

“I felt honestly awesome on those first few laps,” he said. “I mean, it was very easy for me to overtake.

“Lindblad was the last car I overtook, starting from the pits within just three laps of racing. So I think we had very good pace. So to me, it was feeling fine.

He added: “Honestly I'm itching to get back to it like right now. I wish I was driving. I wish I knew what I could have done. It was a good start. So yeah, now having to wait three weeks is a bit rough.”

Hadjar admitted it had been a difficult weekend, with a lack of straightline speed hampering him, and the qualifying exclusion proving costly.

“Both the team and I made mistakes this weekend,” he said. “It's been honestly a bit of a disaster from both our sides. So yeah, we need to stick together and see what we can do the next race.

“We're happy there's more performance in the car. It's not such a pain now to make it to Q3, which it was the first few rounds.

"Even though I couldn't put it together, I couldn't do what I wanted. I still feel faster than the last two weekends, for example. So if I do the job, put it together, you look at Max, what he's done yesterday, clearly the car made a step.”

Regarding the PU issue that left him lacking straightline speed he said. “It's very complicated. They've done very good job through the weekend fixing the issues. I was the worst on Friday, and today, I think we found something.

“And yeah, at least moving in the right direction. We were not stuck with the same issue. But yeah, we need to make sure next weekend we get on with it and there's no margin for fine tuning.”