Red Bull Formula 1 driver Isack Hadjar faces disqualification from Miami Grand Prix qualifying for a floor legality breach.
Hadjar qualified ninth in Miami where he has struggled compared to team-mate Max Verstappen in Red Bull’s upgraded RB23.
But he will likely be disqualified from the session results after being referred to the stewards following post-qualifying technical checks.
There will be a wait before that can become official as Hadjar’s summons to see the stewards is at 7am on Sunday morning.
A check of the legality volumes of Hadjar’s floor showed the floor board protruded 2mm too far on the left and right hand side.
Technical rule breaches are usually treated as black-and-white situations, regardless of the reason for a breach, which means disqualification.
Hadjar was using Red Bull’s full upgrade package, the same as Verstappen, which included revisions to the front of the floor.
He has been much slower than Verstappen and described the car as “very hard to drive but very fast”, he just “couldn’t put it all together” and also had an unspecified straightline speed problem.
“It’s a very, very tricky track, very low grip with a high track temperature,” Hadjar said.
“It’s not a very flowy racing track with good grip, it’s completely different. And Max is very, very good at adapting to these conditions.
“In the corners I can tell you I’ve made big, big progress compared to yesterday. Just I couldn’t tidy up like he did. And on top of that, I’m missing on every straight.”
