#6 · Red Bull
Isack Hadjar
French-Algerian Red Bull junior who debuted at Racing Bulls in 2025 and was promoted to the senior Red Bull seat for 2026 alongside Verstappen.
Why he matters
Hadjar is the latest answer to “who can drive the second Red Bull?”: a seat that has chewed through Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Sergio Pérez, and Liam Lawson over the last seven years. Red Bull moved him up after a strong rookie season at Racing Bulls in 2025, where he scored two podiums in a midfield car.
How he drives
He’s a robust qualifier and very assertive in midfield wheel-to-wheel, known in the junior categories for opportunistic overtaking. The Red Bull car’s notoriously narrow setup window will test him; even Verstappen has called recent generations “very difficult to drive at the limit.”
Watch for
- Saturdays. The gap to Verstappen in qualifying is the metric to watch all year.
- His race starts. Hadjar is consistently strong off the line.
- The team’s body language. Red Bull’s track record with second drivers is the long-running subplot of 2026.
Career receipts
Through the 2026 season
0
Race wins
2
Podiums
0
Pole positions
0
Championships
Last race
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