Isack Hadjar has therefore been made official by Racing Bulls to make his debut in F1 next year. The French driver welcomed the opportunity and posted a photo online of his debut with the number 6, which he will reclaim after it was vacated by Nicholas Latifi at the end of 2022.
The arrival of the Frenchman may seem like a gamble for Racing Bulls and for the Red Bull industry because he is still young and fiery, but Christian Horner, the director of Red Bull Racing, is confident about the young driver’s ability to succeed. calm.
“He’s a raw talent, he needs polishing, but he has the speed. In Formula 2 he was unlucky not to win the title in the last race due to technical problems with the software from the start line, from what I understand, but he also impressed. He’s particularly impressed with his speed. It will be interesting to see how things go,” said the Briton.
Helmut Marko also judged Hadjar’s talent in the Inside Line F1 podcast, and he admits that the academy protégé will have to calm down: “First of all, I have to say that Isack lost more than 80 points due to technical problems. Staying motivated and maintaining his speed was already a great achievement.”
“Isack is fast, but he has to control his emotions and concentrate. For example, in Monaco there was a safety car and he suddenly found himself in front of him. He was complaining and moaning. Why? Instead From that, the guy had cold tires. He should have driven to attack him instead of being all over the place on the radio.”
“So in general you have to concentrate on the important things and make fewer mistakes, like the spin he did in the Abu Dhabi test. I think he spun- tail during practice on Friday You have to be more consistent, but the speed and everything else is there.
