Irregular Red Bull surface, Hadjar disqualified from qualifying: he will start from the pit lane

Hadjar, disqualification arrives Not only does the start time of the Miami GP change, but also its starting grid. Isack Hadjar’s Red Bull was in fact disqualified from yesterday’s Qualifying session due to an irregularity on the floor: some parts, both on the right and left sides, protruded by 2 mm from the reference volume. The Milton Keynes team recognized the mistake and asked the FIA ​​to admit Hadjar to the GP anyway. The commissioners granted the authorization because the Frenchman “recorded satisfactory times in free practice”. Hadjar will therefore start from the pit lane. Mekies’ words “We made a mistake and we respect the Stewards’ decision,” commented Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies. “This was not our intention nor did we gain any performance benefit from this error.” “We will learn from this incident and evaluate our processes to understand how this could have happened and to take measures to ensure it never happens again. As a team, we apologize to Isack, and to our fans and partners. We are learning the hard way today, but we will move forward. Our focus now is to turn yesterday’s promising performance into a strong race performance this afternoon.”

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News
2026-05-03 22:05:00