Marko slams Hadjar’s tearful Australian GP exit as “embarrassing”

Purple Bull advisor Helmut Marko was left unimpressed by Isack Hadjar’s behaviour after the French driver burst into tears on the System 1 Australian Grand Prix.

Hadjar’s distress stemmed from his wet-weather crash on the formation lap of the Albert Park race, which occurred as early as Flip 2 and meant he was unable to take his very first grand prix begin.

Hadjar was inconsolable on his manner again to the paddock, discovering solace in Anthony Hamilton’s arms, however Marko took a dim view of this emotional show.

The Austrian advised radio broadcaster ORF that Hadjar had “placed on a tearful present”, then added: “That was a bit embarrassing.”

Marko’s opinion is at odds with Christian Horner’s, with the Purple Bull group principal tipping the Racing Bulls driver to bounce again sooner or later.

“It was fairly heart-wrenching to see him so gutted,” Horner stated. “His first grand prix.

“I believe the positives he must take out of it, when he displays on the weekend – he truly carried out very effectively within the practices and the qualifying.

“You neglect that these guys are simply youngsters, actually. Clearly a variety of emotion for him right now, however I believe when he strips it again, there’s an terrible lot of positives that he can take out of the weekend. He’s acquired many shiny days forward of him.”

Hadjar stated he was “embarrassed”, “actually sorry for the group” and “simply mad that these errors can occur”, however insisted he had the psychological energy to beat this hardship.

“I’ve had comparable moments, low moments like this,” he added. “This one is hard, however my option to F1 was additionally fairly brutal. I’d say I’ve a powerful chin, however this one undoubtedly hits fairly laborious.”

Extra reporting by Christian Nimmervoll and Filip Cleeren