hadjar f1 ended early when Isack Hadjar crashed his Red Bull at the exit of the Swimming Pool section in first practice for the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix. The session stopped with 25 minutes left on the clock as marshals moved in to retrieve the car.
Swimming Pool exit
Hadjar’s run was cut off in Monaco’s opening practice hour, leaving him out of the session before the final 25 minutes were gone. The crash came at the exit of one of the circuit’s named sections, and the red flag followed so the stranded car could be removed.
Red Bull in FP1
He was driving a Red Bull when the session ended for him, and the timing left little room to recover track time in the first practice period. That matters in Monaco because FP1 is the first chance to gather clean laps on a circuit where space is tight and interruptions quickly eat into running.
Marshals clear the track
The red flag turned the incident into a stoppage rather than a brief off-track delay. With marshals needed to retrieve the car, the interruption affected everyone still trying to build rhythm in the session, not just Hadjar.
For Hadjar, the immediate issue is simple: he lost a chunk of the day’s first session before it reached the closing stages, and the car needed to be recovered before running could continue. The next stretch of track time will matter more because Monaco gives drivers less room than most venues to make up for a lost lap.
