Frenchman Isack Hadjar (20 years old) will discover Formula 1 next season. He signed up with the Racing Bulls team, Red Bull’s little sister, his new Italian team announced on Friday.
Vice-champion of Formula 2 this year, the Parisian, member of the Red Bull young driver academy, will team up with the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda. He succeeds New Zealander Liam Lawson, promoted Thursday to the Austrian team alongside quadruple Dutch world champion Max Verstappen.
‘I feel like I’m entering a whole new world, driving a much faster car and racing with the best drivers in the world. It will be a huge learning curve, but I am ready to work hard and do my best for the team,’ explained Hadjar, quoted in his new team’s press release.
‘Isack will follow in the footsteps of Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo by becoming the 19th driver to be promoted to Formula 1 since the Red Bull Junior Program, which began in 2001,’ the text underlines.
Hadjar, who had been tipped for several weeks to arrive in the premier category of motorsport, benefits from the ousting of Mexican Sergio Perez, former teammate of ‘Mad Max’ dismissed on Wednesday by Red Bull due to mediocre results.
Nicknamed ‘Le Petit Prost’, he will become the 72nd French driver to race in Formula 1 and the third on the current grid with Esteban Ocon (Haas) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine).
/ATS
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