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Kovalainen backs Marko over Hadjar's tears

Mar.17 Opinions are split over what Dr Helmut Marko described as rookie Isack Hadjar's 'tearful show' in Melbourne on Sunday. After the new Racing Bulls driver impressed in practice and qualifying, he was beyond consoling after crashing even before he completed the formation lap for the Australian GP. The world watched the 20-year-old French-Algerian cry all the way from his crashed car to the paddock, with Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony rushing to offer him encouragement. 'That means a lot to me,' Hadjar said later. 'He knew exactly how I felt, how depressed I was, and came to me at my worst moment.' He also revealed that F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali popped into the junior Red Bull team's...
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