Isack Hadjar bemoans 'waste of a race' after British GP issue

Isack Hadjar has described the British Grand Prix as a “waste of a race” despite scoring a fifth-place finish for Red Bull.

The result marked his fifth-straight point-scoring result, all of which have come inside the top six.

Having voiced his frustration after the sprint race on Saturday over his poor start, Hadjar was able to get away with no issues for the main event.

Starting ahead of team-mate Max Verstappen, Hadjar was soon overtaken by the four-time champion but was pleased with how he was able to keep touch with him.

“Just a very good start this time, very good,” Hadjar told media including RacingNews365.

“Just the pace in the first three laps, very nice. I was kind of kind with Max. But it's good to follow him, which I was doing really well.”

However, his race soured slightly when he suffered a drop off in pace, which righted itself after he changed his front wing during a pit stop.

“And then suddenly a huge drop off of pace,” he said. 

“[I thought] ‘OK, maybe it’s something wrong I did in terms of tyre management.’ I went on the hard, new tyres [and I had] no pace. I was very confused.

“I was told we were missing load on the car. And once they changed the front wing, went back [out] again. 

“I nearly gained two seconds straight away. A waste of a race, really.”