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Nelson Piquet Jr has slammed Isack Hadjar for the Red Bull star’s reaction to his crash at the Miami Grand Prix, branding it as ‘childish’.
The Frenchman was beside himself with fury in the cockpit of his RB22 following his crash at last weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, and was seen punching his steering wheel in frustration.
The race weekend in South Beach was a difficult few days for Hadjar, who expressed his dissatisfaction with being so far behind Max Verstappen from the first meaningful session of the weekend.
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Things went from bad to worse for him after cameras cut to the 21-year-old in the barriers on the exit of turn 15. Replays showed Hadjar breaking his suspension on the inside wall at turn 14, which left him as a passenger in the ensuing crash.
While he was massively unlucky in the minimal contact giving him terminal damage, Hadjar’s reaction has drawn criticism from many figures within the F1 paddock.
Guenther Steiner slammed the Red Bull ace for his ’emotional outburst’, while James Hinchcliffe hoped that it isn’t the start of a trend of Hadjar in F1.
Now, former F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr has joined his peers in voicing his opinion on the incident, and he hasn’t minced his words.
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Nelson Piquet Jr questions Isack Hadjar’s maturity after reaction to Miami GP crash
During a recent episode of the Pelas Pistas podcast, Piquet Jr was asked for his thoughts on the Frenchman’s display last weekend.
Hadjar has drawn criticism for his emotional rants over the team radio in the past, but the Brazilian pundit thinks his reaction to the crash in Miami is the 21-year-old’s most damning.
“Hopefully, he won’t let this one get to him too much, but it was entirely his own mistake, wasn’t it?” He began. “There’s no one else to look at, no one else to blame, it’s just him.”
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He then pointed out how the next two rounds are on two of the trickiest circuits on the calendar. Monaco itself is known for being a battle of wits rather than speed, due to the tight and twisting nature of the street circuit.
“He’s got two tough ones coming up: Canada, which isn’t an easy track, and Monaco, which is tricky too,” Piquet Jr added. “I just don’t think he’s quite at the level yet. If the same thing happens in Canada, and the same in Monaco, then he’ll start to wake up.
“Then we’ll start to see, psychologically, if he’s ready to handle that pressure. But he’s still there, and there’s still a long way to go before that.”
Finally, the former Renault man shared how it simply wasn’t a good look for Hadjar, saying, “It’s a bit childish, a lack of maturity, if you get too emotional.
“In Formula 1, the bosses are fed up with seeing drivers coming and going. They know that deep down, the guys who end up finishing at the front are the cool ones. The ones who don’t lose their heads.”
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