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.
| Nationality | French |
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| Born | Isack Alexandre Hadjar 28 September 2004 Paris, France |
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. 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).
