After Lawson’s move to Red Bull, the Faenza-based Stellite team announced the New Zealander’s replacement: it is the 22-year-old Frenchman Isack Hadjar (Red Bull Junior Team in 2022 and reserve in 2024) who is fresh from second place in the Formula championship 2. Mekies, team principal of the RB Visa Cash App: “Happy to have him with us, he has had remarkable growth”
THE LINE-UP OF THE 2025 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Isack Hadjar arrives in Formula 1. The driver French naturalized Algerian takes the place in Racing Bulls (VCARB) left by Liam Lawson promoted to Red Bull. The 20 year old Hadjar, which closed at second place in the Formula 2 championship (with Campos Racing), thus becomes Yuki Tsunoda’s new teammate and goes to fuel the ‘green line’ present on the starting grid of the next World Championship. Hadjar, who in 2022 he joined the Red Bull youth program, in the last season he also played the role of reserve pilot of the two teams. “Isack’s is the trajectory that gives continuity to the growth trajectory of recent years, with great victories on major traditional Grand Prix circuits including Imola, Spa-Francorchamps and Silverstone”, reads the official press release of Visa Cash App RB.
Hadjar: “A dream come true, I want to go to the track. I will learn a lot from Tsunoda”
“I’m very excited to take on my new role at VCARB, this is great for me, my family and all the people who believed in me from the beginning. Il
journey undertaken from karts to single-seaters, up to arriving in Formula 1 is the moment I have worked for all my life, it is a dream. I feel like I’m stepping into a whole new universe of driving a much faster car and competing with the best drivers in the world. It will be a huge learning experience, but I am ready to work hard and do my best for the team. I look forward to working and learning from YukiI have always admired him, he attended the Red Bull Junior Program like me and we shared a similar path
towards F1. He has a lot of experience and it will be good to learn from him.”
Mekies, Visa Cash App RB team principal: “Hadjar has had remarkable growth”
“We are thrilled to have Isack with us next year, bringing a new and fresh dynamic to the team alongside Yuki. His journey to Formula 1 has been nothing short of exceptionalhas demonstrated remarkable growth, with a series of impressive results in the junior single-seater rankings. He has the talent and drive to compete at the highest level, and so do we we all have faith that it will adapt quickly and have a significant impact. I think Isack and Yuki they will make a great team. Yuki brings invaluable experience to the team, He has demonstrated incredible resilience and maturity, which will be crucial for the team as we strive to achieve our goals in 2025.”
La carriera di Isack Hadjar
- In the 2019 participates in the French Formula 4 Championship.
- In the 2020 debuted in the same category but in the United Arab Emirates and continuing in the French formula (third)
- In the 2021 participated in the first three rounds of Asian Formula 3 (Evans GP team); it also competes in regional European Formula 3 (R-ace GP). He achieved his first podium with a third place in Barcelona.
- In the 2022took part in the Formula Regional Asia (Hitech Grand Prix), then made his debut in Formula 3 (the year before he had participated in the collective tests).
- In the 2022in January, the confirmation of the Hitech team for the season.
- In the 2023 he remained with Hitech Grand Prix but moved up to Formula 2. It was the year in which he also raced the Macau GP (in this case returning to drive a Formula 3).
- In the 2024 another championship in Formula 2 but with Campos Racing
