Isack Hadjar, born in Paris, is a French-Algerian driver who races under a French licence. He competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Campos, finishing 2nd in 2024 while also serving as a reserve driver in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. With a competitive F2 season, he was promoted to F1 with Racing Bulls, Red Bull’s sister team for 2025, and following a successful debut season was promoted to Red Bull for 2026.
| Nationality | French |
|---|---|
| Born | Isack Alexandre Hadjar 28 September 2004 Paris, France |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in / 1.67m |
| Weight | 65kg |
Hadjar began karting competitively at age seven and initially competed in the Ginetta Junior Winter Series in sportscar racing. Hadjar moved to Junior Formulae in 2019, securing third place in the 2020 French F4 Championship with the FFSA Academy. His progress continued into the Formula Regional European Championship in 2021, earning multiple wins and finishing fifth in his debut season. Subsequently, he competed in the Formula Regional Asian and FIA Formula 3 Championships in 2022 with Hitech, achieving third place in the former and multiple victories in both.
Hadjar advanced to the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2023 with Campos, where he impressively finished second in 2024, just behind Gabriel Bortoleto. A Red Bull Junior Team member since 2022, he debuted in a Formula One free practice at the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix.
In July 2024, Hadjar took part in his first FP1 session of the year at the 2024 British Grand Prix, for Red Bull, finishing 19th. Later in the year, he also drove in a free practice session at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, driving reigning World Champion Max Verstappen‘s RB20 and concluding the session in 15th place.
By September 2024, Hadjar had also replaced Liam Lawson as the reserve driver for Red Bull Racing and RB (formerly AlphaTauri). This promotion bolstered his prospects of securing a full-time seat for the 2025 season.
Once Lawson was promoted to the main Red Bull team in mid-December of that year following the departure of Sergio Perez, it was soon announced that Hadjar would fill the vacant seat at Racing Bulls alongside Yuki Tsunoda and later Liam Lawson after an early season driver swap. Adding Hadjar’s name to the grid would bring the number of rookies in 2025 to five alongside Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber), Jack Doohan (Alpine), Oliver Bearman (Haas), and Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes).
Racing Bulls: 2025
In his first season, Hadjar lit up the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix with a breakthrough drive that announced his arrival on the Formula 1 stage. On just his 15th Grand Prix start, the 20-year-old rookie brought Racing Bulls back to the podium for the first time since the AlphaTauri era in 2021. At 20 years and 7 months old, Hadjar became the fifth youngest F1 podium finisher and also made history as the youngest Frenchman ever to stand on an F1 rostrum, joining the ranks of the sport’s youngest podium finishers.
Formula One History Recommends
On 2 December 2025, Red Bull confirmed Isack Hadjar would partner Max Verstappen in 2026, while Arvid Lindblad graduated to Formula 1 (from F2) with Racing Bulls alongside Liam Lawson. Yuki Tsunoda lost his race seat but stayed within the organisation as a reserve driver for both teams. The announcement completed the 2026 grid, with Red Bull opting for youth across its two squads following Hadjar’s strong rookie season and Lindblad’s rapid rise through the junior ranks.
Isack Hadjar Formula One World Championship career
| F1 Career | 2025-Ongoing |
|---|---|
| Teams | Racing Bulls, Red Bull Racing |
| Driver Number | 6 |
| Entries | Ongoing |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Career points | Ongoing |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 2025 Australian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | Ongoing |
Isack Hadjar Teammates
| 7 drivers | Involvement | First Year | Last Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuki Tsunoda | 3 | 2023 | 2025 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 1 | 2023 | |
| Max Verstappen | 4 | 2023 | 2026 |
| Jake Dennis | 1 | 2023 | |
| Sergio Perez | 3 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Liam Lawson | 22 | 2025 | |
| Ayumu Iwasa | 2 | 2025 |
Isack Hadjar Complete Formula One Results
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AlphaTauri AT04 | Honda RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t | BHR | SAU | AUS | AZE | MIA | MON | ESP | CAN | AUT | GBR | HUN | BEL | NED | ITA | SIN | JPN | QAT | USA | MXC TD | SAP | LVG | – | – | |||
| Oracle Red Bull Racing | Red Bull RB19 | Honda RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t | ABU TD | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | Red Bull RB20 | Honda RBPTH002 1.6 V6 t | BHR | SAU | AUS | JPN | CHN | MIA | EMI | MON | CAN | ESP | AUT | GBR TD | HUN | BEL | NED | ITA | AZE | SIN | USA | MXC | SAP | LVG | QAT | ABU TD | – | – |
| 2025 | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team | Racing Bulls VCARB 02 | Honda RBPTH003 1.6 V6 t | AUS DNS | CHN 11 | JPN 8 | BHR 13 | SAU 10 | MIA 11 | EMI 9 | MON 6 | ESP 7 | CAN 16 | AUT 12 | GBR Ret | BEL 20 8 | HUN 11 | NED 3 | ITA 10 | AZE 10 | SIN 11 | USA 16 | MXC 13 | SAP 8 | LVG 6 | QAT 18† | ABU 17 | 12th | 51 |
| 2026 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | Red Bull RB22 | AUS | CHN | JPN | BHR | SAU | MIA | EMI | MON | ESP | CAN | AUT | GBR | BEL | HUN | NED | ITA | AZE | SIN | USA | MXC | SAP | LVG | QAT | ABU | – | – |
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