哈贾尔：若未缺席三站比赛，本可排位第二
伊萨克·哈贾尔在巴库排位赛中获得第四，但他相信自己若没有缺席此前三个分站周末，本可以排在发车次序的第二位。
伊萨克·哈贾尔信心满满：如果没有错过三场比赛，我会排在发车格第二位
这位法国车手表示，他为在巴库复出时所采取的“聪明的处理方式”感到自豪——并认为自己当时的速度足以获得头排发车位
伊萨克·哈贾尔在巴库的排位赛中表现出色，最终取得第四名——但他相信在阿塞拜疆的周五，自己和红牛还有更多潜力可挖。他坚称，如果没有错过之前三个比赛周末，他本可以排在第二位。
“没有什么特别突出的表现，”他在接受包括Motorsport.com在内的媒体采访时谈到自己的排位赛时说道，“我只是觉得我需要在车里多跑一些圈数，才能真正排在发车格的第二位。前面的差距其实很接近。”
哈贾尔在第三节排位赛做出的1分43.500秒，只比最终排名第二的夏尔·勒克莱尔慢0.137秒——而他与杆位得主拉塞尔之间的差距太大，其他人都无法现实地声称自己有实力争夺杆位。
这位法国车手也比最终在排位赛中排名第八的马克斯·维斯塔潘更快。
"我对自己很满意,"哈贾尔宣称。"你知道，如果过去三场比赛我都有参赛，那我肯定能排在发车位的第二位。我就是觉得，隔了两个月再回到赛道上，这条赛道挺难重新适应的。"
本周的阿塞拜疆大奖赛是这位法国车手自7月底匈牙利站以来的首场比赛——他因手腕伤病缺席了赞德沃特、蒙扎和马德里的比赛——他强调自己是故意选择在整个练习赛中逐步建立信心的。
“对我来说，我告诉自己，绝对不能碰到墙或任何东西。说实话，要实现反弹，没有必要冒太大的风险。所以整个周末，在那些非常狭窄的路段，我都开得稍微低于极限。我想我在第三节排位赛（Q3）里只是自然地往前迈了那一步。”
“但我把它控制得很好，到了第二节排位赛（Q2）的最后阶段，我开始玩得更放开了一点，我实际上是在冒险，而且这是这个周末我第一次出现轮胎锁死。
哈德贾还强调，他注意到自从上次驾驶这辆红牛之后，赛车已经发生了变化——同时他也承认，在周五，梅赛德斯对他和他的车队来说仍然遥不可及。
“这辆车的弯道表现比我离开布达佩斯时更好，”他说。“赛车在平衡性上确实有了进步。昨天第一圈，赛车直接展现出来的行为方式，我就觉得，这比以前……
“梅赛德斯只是在直道上很快，就是非常快。并不是说他们在弯道里不快，他们仍然是最快的，只是当你在第三赛段的直线上时，我们挣扎得很厉害。”
哈贾尔在阿塞拜疆排位赛获得第四，这是他自墨尔本赛季揭幕战以来最好的排位赛成绩，当时他在发车区排在第三位。
英文原文
Isack Hadjar bullish: If I hadn't missed three races, I'd be second on the grid
The Frenchman says he's proud of the "smart approach" he took on his comeback in Baku - and reckons he was quick enough for a front-row start
Isack Hadjar qualified fourth in Baku with a strong performance in qualifying - but believes there was more on the table for him and Red Bull on Friday in Azerbaijan. Had he not missed the last three weekends, he's adamant, he would have been second.
“Nothing outstanding," he said of his session to the media, including Motorsport.com. "I just feel like I just need more laps in the car to actually be second on the grid. It's quite close ahead."
Hadjar's 1m43.500s in Q3 was just 0.137s slower than Charles Leclerc, who ended up second in the session - with the gap to polesitter George Russell too big for anyone else to realistically claim they were in contention for pole.
The Frenchman was also quicker than Max Verstappen, who ended up eighth in the session.
“I'm happy with myself," Hadjar declared. "I just, you know, if I had been racing the last three races, then I would definitely be second on the grid. I just feel like it's a tough track to come back to after two months.”
This week's Azerbaijan GP is the first for the Frenchman since the race in Hungary at the end of July - he missed races in Zandvoort, Monza and Madrid due to a wrist injury - and he stressed that he intentionally chose to build his confidence throughout the practice sessions.
“For me, I told myself it's mandatory not to touch the wall or anything. For a comeback, there's no point taking a lot of risks, to be fair. So I was really driving a bit under the limits the whole weekend in like very tight sections. I think I just did that natural step in Q3.”
"But I had it really like under control and I started having a bit more fun at the end of Q2, I was actually taking risks and actually I went away for the first time this weekend, I had a lock-up.
Hadjar also stressed that he noticed how his Red Bull had changed since he was last behind the wheel - while admitting Mercedes was still out of reach for him and his team on Friday.
“It feels better in the corners than when I left the car in Budapest," he said. "Definitely did a step on the balance. Just the behaviour of the car straightaway, lap one yesterday, I was like, this is better than just...
“Mercedes are just fast in the straights, like just very fast. It's not like they're not fast in the corners, they're the fastest still, but it's just when you're in the straight line in sector three, we're struggling a lot.”
Fourth in Azerbaijan is Hadjar's best qualifying performance since the season opener in Melbourne, where he lined up third on the grid.
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