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

Pink 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 approach again to the paddock, discovering solace in Anthony Hamilton’s arms, however Marko took a dim view of this emotional show.

The Austrian informed 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 Pink Bull crew 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 feel 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 overlook that these guys are simply youngsters, actually. Clearly plenty of emotion for him at this time, however I feel when he strips it again, there’s an terrible lot of positives that he can take out of the weekend. He’s obtained many shiny days forward of him.”

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

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

Further reporting by Christian Nimmervoll and Filip Cleeren