Anthony Hamilton, father of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, showed his class at the Australian Grand Prix, consoling Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar after he crashed on the formation lap in wet conditions. Hadjar was warming up his tyres in extremely wet conditions when he lost the rear of the car at Turn Two, spinning into the barriers and destroying the rear of his Racing Bulls machine.
The crash was a brutal debut moment for Hadjar, who impressed on Saturday in qualifying, securing the best grid slot of any of the six rookie drivers in the field.
Hadjar said nothing to his engineers after finding the barriers, but his body language said it all as he trudged away from his stricken race car with his hands behind his lifted visor. The Frenchman was still in floods of tears when he reached the paddock.
Noting the rookie’s misery, Hamilton Snr stepped out from the Ferrari garage and met Hadjar in the paddock, giving the 20-year-old a hug. This gesture was followed up with a visit from F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali.
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