Hadjar officially disqualified from Miami Grand Prix qualifying

Isack Hadjar, Red Bull Racing, has officially been disqualified from the Miami Grand Prix qualifying session and will now start the race from the back of the grid.

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Following the conclusion of qualifying, it was revealed that the French driver would face disqualification after it was revealed that the Red Bull RB23 had broken technical regulations.

The car was flagged on its rear floor, with the sides exceeding the allowed reference volume by 2mm on both the right and left-hand sides.

Both the team and Hadjar were summoned to the stewards in the early hours of the day, at 7am, as per the summons. According to the steward’s report, the team did not dispute the findings from the Technical Delegate, Jo Bauer.

As such, and as per the usual process for a technical breach, Hadjar was disqualified from qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix.

Isack Hadjar at risk of Miami GP qualifying disqualification

In the report, the stewards said:

“The Stewards heard from the team representatives of Car 6 (Isack Hadjar).

“They did not dispute the findings of the Technical Delegate that portions of the LHS [left-hand side] and RHS [right-hand side] floor boards were protruding 2mm out of the reference volume RV-FLOOR BOARD.

“This is a breach of Article C3.5.5 of the FIA F1 Regulations and the usual consequences follow an admitted breach of the technical regulations.”

Following the disqualification, the stewards soon received a request to allow Hadjar to participate in the race despite being disqualified.

The stewards have granted the Frenchman to start the race, and he will be positioned last on the grid, in 22nd, behind both Audi’s Gabriel Bortoleto and Cadillac’s Sergio Perez.

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Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.