Ralf Schumacher has pondered whether a few of Isack Hadjar’s tears in Australia were out of fear over “the harshness of Dr. Marko”, who called his reaction to his formation lap crash “embarrassing”. Hadjar was the first of this season’s rookie F1 drivers to crash in a Grand Prix in F1 2025.

It is no secret that Red Bull juniors are under immense pressure to perform, more so than most F1 rookies. Understandably, Hadjar was devastated after committing such a costly error – and Marko’s response certainly won’t make things any better.

Red Bull senior advisor Helmut Marko had no room for sympathy after Isack Hadjar spun out of the Australian Grand Prix. In fact, Marko found it “embarrassing” that the rookie was reduced to tears after his error.