That is the challenge facing Formula 1 driver Isack Hadjar as he looks ahead to the Chinese Grand Prix. The rookie was slated for his first Formula 1 race, Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, but did not reach the starting grid.

Red Bull senior advisor Helmut Marko branded Isack Hadjar’s tearful exit from the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix as “embarrassing.”

Distraught and embarrassed Formula 1 rookie Isack Hadjar was consoled by Lewis Hamilton's father when the French driver's Australian Grand Prix debut ended before the season-opening race had started on Sunday.

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has labelled Isack Hadjar ’s emotional reaction to his crash at the F1 Australian Grand Prix “a bit embarrassing”. On his F1 debut, Hadjar crashed on the formation lap in Melbourne on Sunday. Hadjar lost control of his Racing Bulls F1 car in the first sequence of corners as the slippery white line caught him out.