Hadjar praises pre-qualifying setup changes after Racing Bulls' best qualifying day in 2025
Following a brilliant qualifying day for Racing Bulls at Monte Carlo, Isack Hadjar has hailed the Faenza-based team to have made the right tweaks to the setup of his car.
Racing Bulls displayed encouraging pace in practice, and their drivers Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson delivered when it really mattered. The Frenchman set the sixth quickest time in Q3 while the New Zealander ended up three places behind.
Expanding on his qualifying day, Hajdar revealed that he struggled for pace in the third and final practice as he simply lacked confidence inside his VCARB.
"I think this is the perfect result and the maximum we could achieve today. We had a difficult FP3 this morning, and going to Qualifying, I didn’t have great confidence in the car. Honestly, I wasn’t even sure we would reach Q3, so getting to P6 is outstanding.
"We played it smart and took it step by step, lap after lap. We made the right adjustments every time we went back to the garage, and we were able to make the right steps forward. In Q2, I really felt the car came more alive.
"The target today was to qualify well before starting to think about tomorrow, so there will be plenty to look at tonight in terms of strategies. I’m optimistic about going to the race, and I think that it’s going to be interesting having to do two stops. We definitely have the car to fight.”
His team-mate Liam Lawson reached the final qualifying segment for the first time this season, but he suggested that he could have been even quicker in Q3 without minor traffic issues.
"We were able to unlock the car in Free Practice and I’ve been feeling pretty comfortable all weekend. It was a strong Qualifying for the team, we had a really fast car today but we had even more on the table, as we struggled a little bit with the tyres and had some traffic in Q3.
"It will be exciting tomorrow with the new rules, we are all going to be learning and trying to make the most of every opportunity and the two stops will certainly make it interesting.
"We will plan the best we can but the most important part of the weekend is done. It’s nice that everything has come together to get us to this point, I am stoked for the team with both cars in Q3, we are in a decent position and I’m positive for tomorrow.”
