Racing Bulls rookie 𒊎Isack Hadar has explained how a “nꦜightmare” seat belt issue left him “in pain” during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix.

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

TV images captured h﷽i🎃m in serious discomfort as he made a brief visit to the garage in Q1 before heading back out on track again.

It later emerged that the seat belt strap was fastened too tightly a♋gainst him, and it wasn’t until after Q1 🅘that the mechanics could fix the issue.

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 spo🌊t on the fourth row of the🦋 grid.

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

“The lap I did in Q1 with what I had, [it 𝕴was] unbelievable.

“I realised straight in T3, ‘Okay, thi🐭s is not going well’. Nearly crashed actually.”

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

“It compromised my first run in Q1,” the 𒈔20-year-old told F1’s official site. “Then 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 c🏅ou🏅ld reset and just focus on driving fast 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, putti✃ng him ahead of his hero and Ferrari rival Lewis Hamilton.

“Q1, Q2 was okay, still not hap👍py with everything,” he explained. “Every lap we made, we made a nice improvemen♛t with the balance, with the setting.

“Honestly the car came alive tha♐t 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 tiny bit everywhere and you are j♐ust hoping for it to stick.

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