Hadjar’s accident complicates Red Bull’s plans: uncertainty about the day of return to the track

Hadjar against the barriers As had happened in Racing Bulls, with the spin on the reconnaissance lap of his first race in F1, Isack Hadjar’s start to his adventure in Red Bull was not ideal. Speed ​​is not lacking, as confirmed by the best time recorded on day 1 of the ‘collective’ shakedown tests in Barcelona; however, regarding control – to paraphrase an old Pirelli advertisement – ​​there is still room for improvement. In the rain, at the end of day 2, Hadjar lost control of his RB22 and ended up hitting the barriers at turn 14. An certainly unfortunate accident, as Milton Keynes team principal Laurent Mekies defined it, but which however complicates Red Bull’s program quite a bit. The Austro-English team still has one day to make the most of the three remaining for the teams in Barcelona, ​​but at the moment it is difficult to say when the single-seater will be able to hit the track. Mekies explains the repercussions Speaking on Tuesday evening, just hours after the crash, Mekies said Red Bull is “looking forward to the next chance to go out on track, but it’s something we’re trying to analyze now and hopefully we’ll get some answers later. The priority right now, as we speak this evening, is to assess the damage to the car and see what that gives us in terms of racing opportunities over the next few days. We’ve only got one day left, so we need to make sure we play this card carefully and that’s an analysis that will take a few more hours.” “The conditions were very difficult this afternoon, so it was a real shame that it ended like this, but it’s part of the game – added Mekies, defending Hadjar vigorously after the mistake – these difficulties came after a very positive day (Monday, ed.) in terms of the number of laps that Isack was able to complete in the car, and in terms of learning, development and feedback to the engineers”. The team’s priority will now probably be to give space in the car to Max Verstappen, who yesterday was only able to complete one session on dry tires before the rain came to mess up Red Bull’s plans.