1. Isack Hadjar finished third in the 2020 French F4 Championship with FFSA Academy, before progressing to the Formula Regional European Championship in 2021, achieving multiple victories as he finished fifth in his rookie season.
64 Facts About Isack Hadjar
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Isack Hadjar then entered Formula Regional Asian and FIA Formula 3 in 2022 with Hitech, placing third in the former and achieving multiple wins in both.
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Isack Hadjar graduated to FIA Formula 2 in 2023, finishing runner-up to Gabriel Bortoleto the following season with Campos; his successes in Formula 2 saw him nicknamed "le Petit Prost" in French media.
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Isack Hadjar is contracted to remain at Racing Bulls until at least the end of the 2025 season.
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Isack Alexandre Hadjar was born on 28 September 2004 in Paris, France to an Algerian family of physicians and physicists.
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Isack Hadjar's father, Yassine Hadjar, is a researcher in quantum mechanics and served as his kart mechanic.
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Isack Hadjar initially grew fond of motorsport after watching the Pixar animated movie Cars.
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Isack Hadjar's parents bought him a go-kart when he was seven, a year after he started watching Formula One.
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Isack Hadjar contested boxing and judo at a young age.
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Isack Hadjar competed in the 2018 Karting World Championship and finished 22nd.
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In 2019, Isack Hadjar made his single seater debut in the French F4 Championship.
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Isack Hadjar earned another podium at the Circuit de Ledenon, with a second place in the final race.
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Isack Hadjar raced in two weekends of the F4 UAE Championship during the winter of 2020 with 3Y Technology.
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Isack Hadjar had a highest finish of fourth place during the final round.
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However in the penultimate round in Paul Ricard, Isack Hadjar scored a pole position and held off Ayumu Iwasa to win his first race of the year.
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Isack Hadjar made his debut at the Formula Regional level in 2021, competing in the first three rounds of the F3 Asian Championship with Evans GP.
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Isack Hadjar impressed right from the start, scoring a podium finish during the opening round in Dubai Autodrome.
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Isack Hadjar scored another third place during the final race of the third round.
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Isack Hadjar scored his first points, along with his first rookie win, at the first round in Imola.
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Isack Hadjar then proceeded to score his first podium at the next event in Barcelona, and achieved his first Formula Regional victory in the first race on the streets of Monaco, from pole position.
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In that same weekend Isack Hadjar finished second in race two, only behind teammate Maloney, and closed in on the championship lead held by Gregoire Saucy.
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However, Isack Hadjar would be unable to score a podium finish until the final round of the season, despite amassing a number of finishes in the top six.
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Isack Hadjar ended up fifth in the standings, just four points behind teammate Maloney, and won the honours for the best rookie of the season.
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At the start of 2022, Isack Hadjar raced in the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Hitech Grand Prix.
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Isack Hadjar started off the season with a podium in Yas Marina, he would claim a double rostrum in round 2.
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Isack Hadjar secured his first win of the year during the first race at the Dubai Autodrome, where he withstood heavy pressure from Paul Aron.
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In November 2021 Isack Hadjar drove for Hitech Grand Prix in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test.
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Isack Hadjar started his season out in the best way possible, inheriting victory in the Sakhir sprint race after original winner Oliver Bearman had received a five-second time penalty for track limits infringements.
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Qualifying seventh in Imola, Isack Hadjar made his way to the podium places in the sprint race, but a collision with Caio Collet on the last lap dropped him to fifth place.
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Isack Hadjar returned to the podium during the feature race, benefitting from a last corner collision between Bearman and Gregoire Saucy to finish third.
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Isack Hadjar made overtakes to finish fifth in the feature race.
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Isack Hadjar put himself into championship contention by taking pole in Spielberg.
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Isack Hadjar experienced a challenging race on Sunday as a poor start meant he ended up in 18th.
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Isack Hadjar lost the championship lead at the penultimate round in Zandvoort, despite scoring a sixth and fifth place in the races.
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Isack Hadjar scored more points in Jeddah, finishing ninth on Sunday after qualifying 19th.
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Isack Hadjar bounced back by finishing seventh in the feature race after trying an alternative strategy.
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Isack Hadjar subsequently finished 12th in the feature race and later experienced another scoreless weekend in Barcelona.
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Isack Hadjar started the Zandvoort sprint race from the front and held the lead as a multi-car accident caused the race to be halted; the subsequent rain shower led to the event's abandonment, as Hadjar was awarded victory but no points as less than two racing laps had been completed.
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At the season finale in Yas Marina Isack Hadjar ran second in the opening laps of the sprint race, though he eventually dropped to fifth by the end.
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Isack Hadjar ended his season with an eighth place in the feature race, his second double-points result of the season.
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Isack Hadjar finished the year 14th in the drivers' standings with 55 points, two behind teammate Crawford.
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Isack Hadjar switched to Campos Racing for the 2024 Formula 2 season, teaming up with fellow Red Bull junior Pepe Marti.
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However, Isack Hadjar was spun around by Gabriel Bortoleto and collected by Enzo Fittipaldi at the first corner of the feature race, ending his race.
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In Jeddah, Isack Hadjar experienced a woeful weekend as he was forced to retire from the sprint whilst running sixth on the penultimate lap due to an engine issue and retired again on Sunday with another issue.
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At the start of the sprint race, Isack Hadjar wedged his teammate Marti into Bortoleto whilst taking the lead.
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Isack Hadjar then dominated the sprint to win his first race in F2, but was demoted to sixth after being given a 10-second penalty for the incident.
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Isack Hadjar was involved in a multi-car collision during the opening lap of the sprint race, which took him out of the running.
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Isack Hadjar's good run of form was stopped as he qualified 11th at Barcelona, though he managed to finish sixth and fifth in the races.
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The problem was rectified before Sunday's race, where Isack Hadjar finished third after a battle with teammate Marti before being passed by Franco Colapinto on the last lap.
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Isack Hadjar retired from the sprint after spinning out at Copse corner on lap 8.
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However, Isack Hadjar was forced to start from the pit lane on Sunday and he eventually finished 18th.
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Isack Hadjar started 20th in both Baku races after crashing turn 1 during qualifying due to overheating brakes.
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Isack Hadjar's low starting position meant Hadjar failed to score points again, causing Bortoleto to pass him in the standings.
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Isack Hadjar passed Oliver Bearman on lap 2 of the sprint and built up a three-second lead before his tyres ran out and he was repassed by Bearman on lap 21.
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Bortoleto received a penalty for crossing the pit entry line and Isack Hadjar was promoted to second at the finish, allowing him to reduce Bortoleto's lead to half a point going into the season finale.
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On his title loss, Isack Hadjar said "all that hard work for this to happen, I can't believe it, this is the worst moment of my life".
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Isack Hadjar returned to Formula 3 to participate in the 2023 Macau Grand Prix with Hitech Pulse-Eight for the final edition of the FIA Formula 3 World Cup.
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On 16 June 2021, Red Bull Racing announced that Isack Hadjar was to become a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in 2022.
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Isack Hadjar made his free practice debut at the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix with Scuderia AlphaTauri, to fulfill the mandatory rookie driver rule.
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Isack Hadjar ended the session in 17th place, second highest of the five rookies who participated.
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Isack Hadjar then drove for Red Bull during the Abu Dhabi practice, finishing the session in 17th again.
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In July 2024, Isack Hadjar would take part in his first FP1 session of the year at the British Grand Prix with Red Bull, ending the session in 19th.
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Later that year, Isack Hadjar took part in free practice during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, driving Max Verstappen's RB20.
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In September 2024, Isack Hadjar was promoted to replace Liam Lawson as the reserve driver for both Red Bull Racing and RB as Lawson replaced Daniel Ricciardo from the 2024 United States Grand Prix.