Hadjar

Paris, 2004. Isack Alexandre Hadjar entered a family with dual French and Algerian roots, though he would later race under the French flag. His first contact with a steering wheel came in 2015, when he began karting at age eleven. For two years he competed in national French championships, sharpening his instincts on domestic circuits. In his final karting season, he stepped onto the European stage in the CIK-FIA OK Junior Championship, where he finished ahead of future rival Jak Crawford.

Hadjar transitioned to single-seaters in 2019, joining the French F4 Championship. He won one race at Spa and placed seventh overall. The following winter, he entered two rounds of the UAE Formula 4 Championship with 3Y Technology, scoring 56 points and finishing 11th. Returning to French F4 for a full campaign, he improved markedly: three wins, eight additional podiums, and two pole positions lifted him to third in the drivers’ standings.

He began karting in 2015, spending his first two years in national French championships before stepping up to the CIK-FIA European OK Junior Championship, where he finished ahead of future F1 rival Jak Crawford. Hadjar made his single-seater debut in 2019 with the French F4 Championship, winning once at Spa and finishing seventh overall. He then contested two rounds of the 2020 Formula 4 UAE Championship with 3Y Technology, scoring 56 points and placing 11th. Returning to French F4 for a full campaign, he improved dramatically, winning three races, securing eight additional podiums and two pole positions, and climbing to third in the drivers’ standings.

That performance earned him a place in the Red Bull Junior Team and a step up to Formula Regional machinery. In 2021 he became the rookie champion in the Formula Regional European Championship. A move to FIA Formula 3 followed in 2022 with Hitech GP, where he finished fourth overall. He remained with Hitech for his 2023 Formula 2 debut, then switched to Campos Racing for 2024, finishing as vice-champion. That result, combined with his Red Bull affiliation, opened the door to F1: he made his race debut in 2025 with RB F1 Team before being promoted to Red Bull Racing for the 2026 season.

Hadjar’s Formula 1 career began in 2025 with the RB F1 Team (formerly AlphaTauri), the junior squad in the Red Bull stable. Over two seasons and 28 starts, he scored a single podium finish, a result that marked the statistical peak of his short tenure. In 2026, he moved to the senior Red Bull Racing team, replacing a departing Sergio Pérez. The promotion made him the first driver born in the 2000s to race for the senior Red Bull team, though his time there was brief. He recorded no wins, no pole positions, and no fastest laps across his entire F1 career. His career summary indicates zero championships and no championship seasons. The move to Red Bull in 2026, while a significant step, did not translate into race victories or title contention before his career ended that same year. His trajectory—a single podium in 28 starts with two teams—places him as a footnote in the team’s dominant era, a driver who reached the top but never broke through to the front.

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Isack Hadjar’s legacy is still being written, but his path to Formula 1 already marks him as a product of the modern Red Bull talent pipeline. He rose through the junior categories with a single-minded trajectory: rookie champion in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship, fourth in FIA Formula 3 in 2022, and vice-champion of Formula 2 in 2024 with Campos Racing. That runner-up finish, secured in his second F2 season, earned him a promotion to Red Bull Racing for 2026, making him one of the youngest drivers on the grid. His debut year with RB F1 Team in 2025 produced a single podium from 28 starts, a modest statistical start but enough to keep him in the top team’s plans. Hadjar carries the dual identity of French and Algerian heritage, though he races under the French flag. At 1.67m, he is among the shortest drivers in the field, a detail that has drawn occasional comment but no measurable disadvantage. His legacy, for now, is one of promise: a driver who climbed every rung of the ladder and arrived in F1 with the machinery to prove whether that climb was worth it.