Isack Hadjar delivers F2 quip over 'different world' of F1
11/05/2025 16:35
Isack Hadjar has quipped that he can "shout as much as he wants" over the radio now he is in F1 compared to the "different world" of F2. Hadjar has impressed thus far in his rookie season, and bagged a second points finish with P10 in Saudi Arabia to go with eighth in Japan. He narrowly missed out on a further point in Miami. He has already earned a reputation for being strong over the team radio, something he feels he is now freer to do in grand prix racing than at the top of the junior single-seater ladder in F2. "F1 is a different world to Formula 2, like in F2, you pay to drive and in F1 you get paid to drive," Hadjar told media including RacingNews365 in Miami. "So you can shout as much as you want [in F1]. "I am still shouting when I am not pressing the radio button, but I am still shouting. I like it, it helps me." An unpopular opinion? Despite failing to capitalise of Yuki Tsunoda's five-second time penalty at the Miami International Autodrome, finishing P11, it was a weekend Hadjar enjoyed. The Frenchman relishes the challenge presented by the shorter weekend format. "I feel like I enjoy a sprint weekend more, because you get more racing, and more pressure," he said. "When you do FP1, FP2, FP3, it is really long and it is amazing to work on the car, and it is good, but driving-wise, in terms of arriving in qualifying, you are up and running, and between Q1 and Q3, you are barely improving. "So I like the challenge of only having a few laps and then having to deliver in qualifying."
