Isack Hadjar explains the cockpit problems that left him “in pain” while he warns against “silly errors” in Japan GP

Isack Hadjar had an hour of qualification in roller coaster in Suzuka as a saga of problems in the cockpit saw him scratch in the second quarter

The recruit of Racing Bulls has proven its potential to a touch the last time in China when it qualified in seventh position, but it seemed unlikely that it would reproduce this performance this weekend for the majority of qualifications.

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The session started with Hadjar signaling an unidentified problem in the cockpit above the radio before it is more and more disturbed in the garage before the T2. It appeared that his seat belts were fixed in an uncomfortably tight manner, which has an impact on his goal and his ability to gather a strong turn.

This was quickly changed in the meantime and the Frenchman stood again to qualify in the Top 10 as a Bull Racing Bull car, beating his race hero Lewis Hamilton in the last part of the hour.