Overview

• Racing Bulls rookie Isack Hadjar said Carlos Sainz’s Williams disrupted his Q1 out-lap, which he blamed for his elimination in 16th.
• Carlos Sainz denied any wrongdoing, saying he joined the queue correctly and left space during the warm-up sequence.
• Racing Bulls confirmed a power-unit change that enforces a pit-lane start for Hadjar, rendering his qualifying result largely moot.
• Sky Sports aired Hadjar’s profanity-laced interview live, and commentator David Croft issued an immediate on-air apology for the language.
• Sainz qualified 13th as Hadjar, fresh from his maiden F1 podium at Zandvoort, acknowledged he also made a lap mistake and said he would not confront Sainz.