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Red Bull boss doubles down on criticism of own driver who was emotionally defended by Lewis Hamilton’s dad
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko hasn’t eased off on his controversial criticism of rookie Isack Hadjar. The 81-year-old head of driver development called the young Frenchman ‘embarrassing’ when he was spotted seemingly crying after a crash at the Australian Grand Prix. Hadjar was embraced by Anthony Hamilton after his emotional exitSky Sports F1 Marko wasn’t impressed, thoughGetty The Formula 2 runner-up spun out on the formation lap in Melbourne and kept his helmet on walking back to the Racing Bulls garage which was seen as an effort to hide his face. Repeatedly putting his hand through his visor onto his eyes, he was stopped by Lewis Hamilton’s father Anthony who put an arm around the 20-year-old and talked him through the moment. Hamilton Snr was roundly applauded for the classy act, but soon after Marko called Hadjar’s actions ‘embarrassing’. Those comments were top of the agenda at the Chinese Grand Prix, with former Red Bull academy driver Alex Albon joking that Hadjar should ‘enjoy it’. His fellow Williams driver took the question more seriously, though, saying: “It’s understandable [Hadjar’s emotions] completely understandable. “You have every driver going through the same emotions, some choose to show it publicly, others don’t, but the reality is the emotions are always there. “It’s just a matter of if you want others to see it but I guess in this case Isack couldn’t avoid everyone seeing it. “He tried by keeping his helmet on which we’ve seen many drivers doing in the past, and I’ve never heard it being criticised.” With the story still headline news, Marko was asked about his comments on Sky Germany and said: “It was a bit embarrassing. “Because of the emotions, he didn’t take off his helmet, but that’s my Austrian version [of events]. Marko has brought talents like Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel into F1, but hasn’t had so much luck in recent yearsGetty “I talked to him on the phone, and there’s no renewed sentiment about it. He delivered a sensational practice session, and then, unfortunately, that just happens. “But as I said, this is Formula 1, and you have to show a certain toughness, otherwise, a colleague will soon take advantage of it.” Anthony Hamilton had a different view of the scenes, saying: “There’s a lot of pressure all of the way up and you’re sitting on the grid for your first race and it doesn’t happen. “That’s got to be the worst feeling in the world and I just felt for him.I just wanted to give him a hug. I felt for him like a father.” Asked about the comments himself, Hadjar said: “I found it embarrassing myself. I had Helmut on the phone a day later and he told me. “I’ve known him for a few years now and I know how he works. He said that and he was speaking German, you don’t know about the body language and I didn’t see the footage so I can’t say much, but to see all the love from the fans I didn’t expect that.”
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko hasn’t eased off on his controversial criticism of rookie Isack Hadjar.
The 81-year-old head of driver development called the young Frenchman ‘embarrassing’ when he was spotted seemingly crying after a crash at the Australian Grand Prix.
The Formula 2 runner-up spun out on the formation lap in Melbourne and kept his helmet on walking back to the Racing Bulls garage which was seen as an effort to hide his face.
Repeatedly putting his hand through his visor onto his eyes, he was stopped by Lewis Hamilton’s father Anthony who put an arm around the 20-year-old and talked him through the moment.
Hamilton Snr was roundly applauded for the classy act, but soon after Marko called Hadjar’s actions ‘embarrassing’.
Those comments were top of the agenda at the Chinese Grand Prix, with former Red Bull academy driver Alex Albon joking that Hadjar should ‘enjoy it’.
His fellow Williams driver took the question more seriously, though, saying: “It’s understandable [Hadjar’s emotions] completely understandable.
“You have every driver going through the same emotions, some choose to show it publicly, others don’t, but the reality is the emotions are always there.
“It’s just a matter of if you want others to see it but I guess in this case Isack couldn’t avoid everyone seeing it.
“He tried by keeping his helmet on which we’ve seen many drivers doing in the past, and I’ve never heard it being criticised.”
With the story still headline news, Marko was asked about his comments on Sky Germany and said: “It was a bit embarrassing.
“Because of the emotions, he didn’t take off his helmet, but that’s my Austrian version [of events].
“I talked to him on the phone, and there’s no renewed sentiment about it. He delivered a sensational practice session, and then, unfortunately, that just happens.
“But as I said, this is Formula 1, and you have to show a certain toughness, otherwise, a colleague will soon take advantage of it.”
Anthony Hamilton had a different view of the scenes, saying: “There’s a lot of pressure all of the way up and you’re sitting on the grid for your first race and it doesn’t happen.
“That’s got to be the worst feeling in the world and I just felt for him.I just wanted to give him a hug. I felt for him like a father.”
Asked about the comments himself, Hadjar said: “I found it embarrassing myself. I had Helmut on the phone a day later and he told me.
“I’ve known him for a few years now and I know how he works. He said that and he was speaking German, you don’t know about the body language and I didn’t see the footage so I can’t say much, but to see all the love from the fans I didn’t expect that.”
