Isack Hadjar noticed his run of factors outcomes come to an finish on the Canadian Grand Prix after ending a tough race down in P16, whereas Racing Bulls group mate Liam Lawson additionally acknowledged that it had been a “powerful weekend” as he recorded a 3rd DNF of the season.
After beginning on the medium tyres from P12 on the grid – having obtained a three-place grid drop for impeding Williams’ Carlos Sainz throughout Qualifying – Hadjar ran a one-stop technique however misplaced additional positions throughout the race.
A closing results of sixteenth place meant that the Frenchman failed to attain factors for the primary time because the Miami Grand Prix in Might.
Reflecting on the struggles that affected his afternoon on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Hadjar defined: “I feel we simply pitted a bit too late. We had excessive graining initially of the race and we misplaced a couple of positions within the pits.
“After that it was only a DRS prepare and in direction of the top I used to be missing a lot tempo in comparison with the automobiles round. I simply obtained overtaken by everybody.”
When quizzed on why the weekend had seemingly been a very difficult one for the Racing Bulls squad, Hadjar conceded that he had not felt content material with the VCARB 02 from early on within the occasion.
“I feel because the begin of the weekend, even [on Saturday] I used to be not pleased with the automotive,” the 20-year-old stated. “I really feel like on the one lap I can type of make a distinction, however over 70 laps there’s no likelihood.”
It was additionally a difficult few days in Montreal for Lawson. The New Zealander began the race from the pit lane after adjustments have been made to his automotive below parc ferme circumstances, together with a brand new energy unit being fitted.
Nonetheless, this didn’t show to be sufficient to maneuver him up the order and he finally retired on Lap 53 owing to a cooling challenge.
“It’s disappointing,” the 23-year-old commented. “I feel clearly it was going to be a really tough race anyway from the pit lane, however we had a cooling challenge on the finish so sadly we needed to retire. It’s simply been a troublesome weekend, which is a disgrace.”
Like Hadjar, Lawson gave his tackle why the weekend in Montreal had confirmed notably powerful for Racing Bulls and admitted that the squad now have to regroup.
“[It] was a reasonably particular factor we struggled with in Qualifying, however the tempo of the automotive was truly fairly good,” stated Lawson.
“After which clearly what occurred within the race at this time is a bit of bit out of our management, so it’s a disgrace however clearly we’ve simply obtained to maintain resetting and looking out forward.”
The group will now set to getting ready for the upcoming double header of Austria and Nice Britain, with the previous kicking issues off on the Crimson Bull Ring on June 27-29.
