Racing Bulls rookie Isack Hadar has explained how 🔴a “nightmare” seat belt issue left hiꦕm “in pain” during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix.

Hadjar was heard complaining about an unspecified c𒊎ockpit problem multiple times over team radio in the early part of qualifying at Suzuka.

TV images captured him in serious discomfort as he made a b🐼rief visit to the garage in Q1 before heading back out on trac𒊎k again.

It later emerged that the seat belt strap was fastened too🦹 tightly against him, and it wasn’t until after Q1 that the mechanics could fix the is꧂sue.

Amid his struggles, Hadjar feared that he would crash on 🃏track and not make it out in Q1. However, he was able to pull off an incredible lap to progress into the second leg of ultimately secure a spot on the fourth row of the grid.

“It was a nightmare. Honestly, it was,” he told Sky TV🌸. “I just pulled through. Honestly, I'm really proud of me.

“The lap I did in Q1 with 🌞what I had, [it was] unbelievablܫe.

“I realised🍌 straight in T3, ‘Okay,๊ this is not going well’. Nearly crashed actually.”

Hadjar explained that he had to “jump out” and “jumꦚp back in” during the break between the first two parꦐts of qualifying to resolve the problem.

“It compromised my first run in Q1,” the 20-year-old♐ told F1’s official site. “The✅n it was driveable thankfully on the final lap in Q1 to get into q2.

“But I was in pain a bit. For the rest, I could reset and just focus on driving fa📖s🍒t and it worked.”

Despite a difficult start to qualifying, Hadjar was able to make it into the final leg of qualifying, beating both his new 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Racing Bulls teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson and Red Bull driver 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda.

His final attempt in qualifying was good enough for seventh place, p🙈utting him ahead of his hero and Ferrari rival🐻 Lewis Hamilton.

“Q1, Q2 was okay, still not happy with everything,” he explained. “Every lap we made, we made a nice improvement with the balance, with🍰 the setting.

“Honestly the car came alive that final lap. Yeah, it was a fantastic lap, to be honest. I ๊🌃couldn't have gone much faster.

“It's a track where, especially with those cars, you feel something different. When you know it's the final lap of Q3, you are like I'm just going to add a tiꦰny bit everywhere and you are just hoping for it to stick.

“The amount of focus it takes is a lot but it's just I was 100 per cent and 𒐪I was not previously so I just managed to be brওave enough to make an extra step.”