Christian Horner has defended Helmut Marko's “old school” approach following his harsh criticism of168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Isack Hadjar.

Red Bull F1 junior Hadjar crashed on the formation lap at the seaꦿson-opening F1 Australian Grand Prix.

Hadjar was seen in tears walking down the Melbourne paddock, where Anthony Hamilton, the father of L168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:ewis Hamilton, consoled him.

Hadjar’s emotiona🦄l reaction didn't impress Marko, who labelle꧂d it “embarrassing”.

Speaking after FP1 in Shanghai, Horner was🐬 asked about Marko’s c🌌omments.

“Look, Helmut’s 82 years of age. He’s old school,” Horner told Sky Sports. “He’s a guy who lost an eye and pulled over the car and just turned the engine off. He will always have his own opinion which he has the righꦦt to.

“Does everybody share that opinion? No. It was very sad to see him tꦿhat upset, of course it was. No doubt his team have got around him, But you forget how young they are. He’s 20 years of age, and he’s got a bright future ahead of him. He’ll be fine.”

Red Bull give youth a chance

Since joining the sport, Red Bull have b﷽een at the forefront of giving young dr♍ivers a chance.

In terms of the current 2025 F1 grid, eight of the 20 drive♔rs have been part of their junior programme.

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Pierre Gasly,🙈 Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz and Jack Doohan have also been Red Bull junior driv🐼ers.

Horner backed Red Bull’s approach෴ to giving young drivers an opportunity in F1.

“Drivers develop at different times. I mean, I got Alex that Williams seat in 2021,” Horner added. “Different drivers, they’ve now🐟 got plenty of experience.

“But if you look at the other side, none of these drivers would have had the opportunity had it not been for Red Bull. Other organisations weren’t taking the chance on Car💦los Sainz, on Alex, on Pierre ๊Gasly, on Liam Lawson or Yuki.

“It’s been Red Bull that has been investi♐ng in its youth and giving this opportunity and platform.

“And of course, there’s only so long you can give before you set them free, and if they’re able to carve out a career, then that’s great for them.”&n♓bsp;