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No Hadjar decision yet
The Frenchman has now missed three races. And according to Red Bull, it is still not certain whether he can sit in the car again at the Grand Prix in Baku in two weeks.
“We will maintain the same approach,” announces team principal Laurent Mekies. Meaning: “We will reassess the situation in a week.”
Because now there is a short break, the team does not want to rush anything and wants to take as much time as possible to observe Hadjar’s progress.
He will only drive “if he feels almost 100 percent fit,” says Mekies, who adds: “If he feels that the recovery is not yet complete, we will stick to our approach of putting his recovery first.”
In this case, Liam Lawson would sit in the Red Bull once again in Baku.
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Streak broken
Until yesterday, Lewis Hamilton was the only driver to have scored points in every race in 2026. That streak is now broken. The record world champion himself says about his brake failure: “I was lucky to make it [back to the pits].“
“In such a crazy race, it made no sense to stay on track. We didn’t want to take any risks,” explains Hamilton. Therefore, he parked the Ferrari in the garage after a few laps.
Poor sleep?
Ferrari remained without a podium for the fourth race in a row yesterday. Things are not going well at the moment, but in our popular Monday column, Christian Nimmervoll has this time chosen a different protagonist. You can find it here:
Who slept the worst last night: Carlos Sainz
Who slept the best last night: Lando Norris
Video analysis Madrid 2026
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Qualifying remains Ferrari’s big weakness
Ferrari remained without a podium at the premiere on the Madring – which, according to Frederic Vasseur, was mainly due to qualifying. “We have to improve that, because if you look at the pace, you see that it is there during the race,” says the team principal.
In qualifying, however, Lewis Hamilton led the field after the first Q3 runs, but in the end it was only P4 and P5 for Ferrari. “We have to do a better job in qualifying,” emphasizes Vasseur.
Because overtaking was so difficult in Madrid, they ultimately could not get beyond P4 in the race either. This annoys Vasseur especially because the race pace of the Scuderia is regularly better than the pace in qualifying.
Already in Zandvoort it was the case that Ferrari was behind in qualifying “and [we] then had strong pace in the race,” recalls the team principal. But even there it was not enough for a podium.
Good morning
Hello and welcome to a new edition of our Formula 1 live ticker. The premier class is taking a break this week, but we are still here for you.
In the coming hours, we want to look back once again at the premiere of the premier class on the Madring and work through some exciting topics from the Spanish Grand Prix.
Ruben Zimmermann will accompany you here throughout the day and if you have questions, suggestions or complaints you can use our contact form. You can also find us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
Here you can read our live ticker from yesterday again.
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