Racing Bulls System 1 driver Isack Hadjar is ready to begin the Italian Grand Prix from the pitlane because of an engine change.
Hadjar, who starred finally weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix with a maiden podium, seems to be unlikely to repeat his Zandvoort heroics after his workforce determined to suit an all-new Honda energy unit after qualifying.
It’s the fifth energy unit for the 20-year-old Frenchman, breaking his allowance of 4 engines for the season and, because the change is being made between qualifying and the race, forcing him to begin from the pitlane because of a parc ferme breach.
It’s understood the choice to vary energy items was already made earlier than qualifying and was not a response to Hadjar’s lowly qualifying place, though the decreased sporting penalty is clearly a mitigating issue.
It was a tricky afternoon for Racing Bulls as a complete, with Liam Lawson useless final in Q1 after a troubled qualifying run. Lawson needed to abandon his last lap after an enormous slide popping out of the primary Lesmo right-hander, dipping into the gravel.
Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll was additionally eradicated from an especially tight Q1 session, joined within the drop zone by Alpine pairing Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly. Your complete 20-car area was lined by eight tenths.
On this article
Be the primary to know and subscribe for real-time information e mail updates on these subjects
