Damon Hill hails F1 rookie’s “emotional strength” after setbacks in 2025
“He has actually surprised everyone, probably not himself, but I mean maybe has surprised himself, I don’t know, b✨ut I’ve been impressed.”

1996 F1 Damon Hill has hailed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Isack Hadjar’s “emotional strength” following several setbacks during his rookie year, saying “he♋’s actually surprised everyone”.
Hadjar has been one of the stars of 🍨the 2025 F1 season.
The Frenchman has scored points on four occasions and has out-performed teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson consistently since Red Bull’s driver swap.
It📖’s been a remarkable turnaround for Hadj꧅ar, given his difficult first race in Australia.
Hadjar crashed o🍃n the formation lap in Melbourne aheꦿad of the race.
The 20-year-old was devastated as he walked back into the padd🃏ock witꦬh his helmet on.
Hadjar was consoled by Anthony Hamilton, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s father.
From that moment onw💟ards, Hadjar hasn’t looked back, delivering impressive performances.
Even in Monaco, Hadjar responded from two cras⛄hes in practice to come away with Rac𒁏ing Bull’s best result of the year so far.
Speaking on the BBC’s Chequered Flag podcast, Hill explained why he’s been so ꦚimpressed with the Red Bull-backed driver.
“He has actually surprised everyone, probably not himself, but I ♐mean may🥂be has surprised himself, I don’t know, but I’ve been impressed,” Hill said.
“I’ve been impressed by almost everything he’s done. I mean there was clearly the horrible thing he went t🧜hrough in Australia where he made a mistake and actually was in tears and had to be consoled by Anthony Hamilton and he didn’t have to be but he was.
“For a guy who was distraught, has he got the emotional strength to be a Formula 1 driver and so forth but he has been amazing since that moment and he’s been sꦰtrong and to go round Monaco, biff it into the wall twice, take off the wheel and not be cowed by that and to put in a fantastic qualif🦹ying performance and race, well done.”
Is Hadjar destined for Red Bull?
Hadjar’s run of performances will undoubtedly lead to speculation that he could be paired with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen at Red Bull.
Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda have struggled to get to grip🐬s with the RBꦜ21.
However, Red Bull might be reluctant to give Hౠadjar an opportunity.
All of Verstappen’s teammates since 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo’s departure have struggled.
Red Bull dropped Pierre Gasly halfw𒁃ay through the season, and Alex Albon was sac𒉰ked at the end of 2020.
Sergio Perez hung o💛n to the seat for four seasons, but speculation about his future remained.
Red Bull will focus on improving their car and making it more drivable to avoid making Hadjar's task against Verstappen near-impossible, if he's promoted in the♛ coming seasons.

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