{
  "id": 16397918,
  "title": "Isack Hadjar rues \"disaster of a weekend\" despite US GP qualifying turnaround",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/isack-hadjar-rues-disaster-of-a-weekend-despite-us-gp-qualifying",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-24T23:50:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/isack-hadjar-rues-disaster-of-a-weekend-despite-us-gp-qualifying-turnaround/10868055/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Isack Hadjar expressed disappointment over the weekend despite a turnaround in the United States Grand Prix qualifying. The French-Algerian driver finished second behind team-mate Max Verstappen in qualifying, but had a disastrous start to the weekend. Hadjar struggled with the soft tyres throughout the race and was unable to complete any laps. However, his car improved significantly during qualifying, and Hadjar believes the team's extensive set-up efforts paid off. He currently lines up third on the starting grid, behind polesitter Kimi Antonelli and Verstappen. Hadjar sees an advantage in having both Red Bull cars in second and third, and plans to make use of this in the upcoming race on Sunday.",
  "summary": "Isack Hadjar says Red Bull can try to use its numbers advantage to beat polesitter and current championship leader Kimi Antonelli at the United States Grand Prix, after recovering from a \"disaster\" start to the weekend. The French-Algerian driver ended up just 0.036 seconds behind team-mate Max Verstappen and 0.215s off Antonelli's pole time at the Circuit of the Americas, and said a big push ...…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Hadjar riles Leclerc by saying Verstappen would be faster in a Ferrari",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/hadjar-riles-leclerc-by-saying-verstappen-would-be-faster-in-a-ferrari",
        "published": "2026-10-23T00:07:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}