“Just a disaster” – How Isack Hadjar’s nightmare Singapore F1 weekend unfolded

Free Practice 1 Position: 8thGap to leader: +1.449sGap to Verstappen: +0.717s Isack Hadjar felt uncomfortable from the get-go in the sole practice session of the sprint Singapore weekend. Shortly after FP1 began, the Frenchman complained that his Red Bull bottomed too much, especially in braking zones, and that his throttle pedal was slippery. Performance was lacking, as shown by his mammoth deficit both to pacesetter George Russell and to team-mate Max Verstappen, but at least he wasn’t being struck by reliability issues – yet.