Isack Hadjar was left "pissed off" at himself following a costly mistake in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which left him the lowest Red Bull-backed driver.
Starting from eighth, Hadjar made a good start and passed the McLaren of Lando Norris on the opening lap, before a safety car for Oscar Piastri's crash.
On the initial restart at the end of Lap 4, Hadjar did well to maintain his place and even battled George Russell ahead for sixth into Turn 2 on the next lap, but disaster would strike near the end of that tour.
Rounding Turn 16 onto the long pit-straight, he ran wide and made a mistake, allowing both Charles Leclerc and Norris to power past, leaving Hadjar in back in ninth before Lewis Hamilton passed for 10th.
With Max Verstappen winning, Liam Lawson taking a career-best of fifth and Yuki Tsunoda his highest placing since fourth at the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP, Hadjar came home last of the Red Bull-backed drivers, all of whom scored points for the first time since Verstappen, Alex Albon, Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat at the 2020 Russian GP.
Reflecting, Hadjar handed himself some fierce self-criticism.
"It is a shame because I felt good on the mediums, I overtook Lando on the first lap, and it felt good," Hadjar explained to media, including RacingNews365.
"I did a repeat of [qualifying] on the kerb, and I lost two places straight away to Charles and to Lando, so it is frustrating and we fell back, but on the hard tyre we were really quick and catching the guys ahead.
"[Without the mistake], there is a probability we would have finished in the same position. I don't think it changed the race; it is just that it could have changed the race, and I made this mistake.
"That is what pisses me off. In important moments, I can't allow myself to make mistakes like this.
"I am just mad because I didn't really take the wind into account [in qualifying at the final corner], I did a repeat in the race, and that pisses me even more."
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