Red Bull gives update on Isack Hadjar’s recovery timeline
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies says Isack Hadjar needs more time to recover from his wrist injury and is unlikely to return to Formula 1 at the Spanish Grand Prix. Hadjar injured his wrist in training during the summer break, with the setback ruling him out of the Zandvoort and Monza F1 weekends. He has been replaced by Liam Lawson at Red Bull, with Yuki Tsunoda consequently standing in…
Alpine senior advisor Flavio Briatore expressed his outrage during a post-race press conference, criticizing the FIA's decision to strip Pierre Gasly of his Monaco podium finish. The Alpine team had promoted Gasly to a podium position following a controversial decision at the Monaco Grand Prix. Briatore's frustration stemmed from the fact that one of the judges involved in the case had a close relationship with McLaren, one of the teams that appealed the review.
Briatore argued that the judge's connection with McLaren was unfair and undermined the independence of the judicial process. He emphasized that the judge, Filippo Marchino, acted like a prosecutor during the hearing and had a history of favoring McLaren. Briatore stated that Alpine accepted the decision, but he was more concerned about the independence of the judges and the lack of impartiality in this particular case.
McLaren's Fred Vasseur and McLaren's Andrea Stella were present at the press conference, but Stella referred to the allegations of a connection between McLaren and the reviewing official as "insulting."
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