Isack Hadjar F1 Statistics and Results

Season Breakdown

Season

Team

Races

Grand Prix Wins

Podiums

Points

WDC Pos.

2026

red bull racing

10

0

68

8

2025

racing bulls

24

0

1

51

12

Career by Team

Career by Team — Isack Hadjar
Team	Races	Grand Prix Wins	Podiums	Points
red bull racing	10	0	0	68
racing bulls	24	0	1	51

Isack Hadjar – biography, career and results

Quick facts

Full name	Isack Hadjar
Date of birth	28 September 2004
Place of birth	Paris, France
Nationality	French (of Algerian family heritage)
Active motorsport career	2012–present

Who is Isack Hadjar?

Isack Hadjar's route to Formula 1 was anything but a quiet, straight line. A Paris-born kid with family roots in Algeria, he started out racing on French karting tracks and then spent years fighting for a foothold in Red Bull's notoriously narrow young-driver pipeline.

Two seasons in Formula 2, one genuine title fight and a fair amount of disappointment later, he finally got his shot at Racing Bulls in 2025 — and just a year after that he was lining up as Max Verstappen's teammate at Oracle Red Bull Racing. His story is a good illustration of how rarely a straight path exists in today's junior single-seater system: it took a string of crashes, setbacks and unexpected turns to get him to the top.

His name is often paired with the nickname "Petit Prost" — not because of any resemblance, in style or looks, to Alain Prost, but for a far more mundane reason covered further down, in the facts section.

The early years

Hadjar first sat in a kart as a small child at the Saint-Benoît circuit. As he later recalled, the vibration and the speed frightened and thrilled him in equal measure. Competitive karting proper began in 2012, when he took on the French national championships in earnest, before stepping up to international competition — FIA karting world championship level — from 2018.

Family support was decisive in getting his career off the ground. His father, an amateur karter and keen Formula 1 fan, introduced him to the sport, drove him to races across Europe on weekends, and taught himself mechanics so he could help out around his son's team. His mother took on the role of manager, handling sponsorship and the business side of things — a job she still does today.

The turning point came in 2019, when at just 14 years old and with barely two days of single-seater experience behind him, he entered the Trophée Winfield (the famous Volant Winfield programme's race) at Paul Ricard — by his own account purely to gain experience ahead of his upcoming French F4 season. To his own surprise, he won it, earning a place on a list of programme graduates that had previously sent the likes of Alain Prost, Jean Alesi and Damon Hill into Formula 1.

Junior career

Off the back of that Winfield win, Hadjar made his French F4 debut later in 2019, taking a race victory at Spa-Francorchamps and finishing 7th in the standings. The following year, 2020, he was one of the strongest drivers in the field: three race wins, several podiums and two pole positions carried him to 3rd in French F4, while he also competed that year in the winter UAE F4 series.

In 2021 he juggled two championships at once: over the winter he finished 6th in the F3 Asian Championship with Evans GP, while in the main season he made his debut in the Formula Regional European Championship with R-ace GP — winning on his very first weekend at Monaco, adding another victory at Monza, and eventually finishing 5th while being voted the season's best rookie.

2022 was the year that truly put him on Red Bull's radar. Driving for Hitech Grand Prix in the FIA Formula 3 championship, he took three race wins (including one in Bahrain), a pole position and five podiums, finishing just 16 points short of champion Victor Martins in a tightly fought 4th place. That same year, over the winter, he also raced in the Formula Regional Asian Championship, taking two wins on his way to 3rd.

Year	Series	Team	Best result / championship position
2019	French F4 Championship	—	7th (1 win)
2020	French F4 Championship	—	3rd (3 wins, 2 poles)
2021	F3 Asian Championship	Evans GP	6th
2021	Formula Regional European Championship	R-ace GP	5th (2 wins, best rookie of the season)
2022	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Hitech Grand Prix	4th (3 wins, 1 pole)
2022	Formula Regional Asian Championship	—	3rd (2 wins)

The road to Formula 1

His 2022 title fight in F3 brought the call he had been waiting for: that same year, in June 2022, he joined the Red Bull Junior Team. From there he followed the usual junior path — just a considerably bumpier version of it than many of his fellow Red Bull juniors.

In 2023 he stepped up to Formula 2 with Hitech Grand Prix alongside teammate Jak Crawford, but the season didn't go the way he hoped: he ended up 14th in the standings on just 55 points, without a single podium. Alongside that, though, he picked up his first Formula 1 practice outings — driving for Scuderia AlphaTauri at the Mexico City Grand Prix in October 2023, then for Red Bull at the Abu Dhabi Friday practice session in November.

Despite a disappointing rookie season in F2, Red Bull stuck with him and sent him back for another crack at it in 2024 — this time with Campos Racing, alongside teammate Pepe Martí. It turned into the best season of his career so far: four race wins (in Melbourne, Imola, Silverstone and Spa), a 36-point championship lead over the summer, and although he was eventually overhauled by Gabriel Bortoleto, he still finished the year runner-up. Along the way he continued piling up practice mileage for Red Bull and Visa Cash App RB (formerly AlphaTauri), growing more assured with every outing.

That persistence paid off on 20 December 2024, when Visa Cash App Racing Bulls officially confirmed him as a race driver for the 2025 season, alongside teammate Yuki Tsunoda — bringing his years-long road to Formula 1 to a close.

Formula 1 career

Hadjar's F1 debut did not go smoothly. At the 2025 Australian Grand Prix he was set to start from 11th, but on the formation lap he lost the car on the damp tarmac, spun and hit the wall — his first race effectively over before it had even begun, and he was in tears afterwards. The setback hit him hard, but as the season went on he gradually found his feet: he scored his first points in Japan, and from there put together increasingly solid, points-scoring weekends.

The high point of his rookie year came at the Dutch Grand Prix: starting from 4th, he held his position throughout the race and crossed the line 3rd, behind Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen. That made him the first driver of Arab descent to stand on an F1 podium, and one of the youngest podium finishers in the sport's history. He closed out the season with several more points finishes, and his standout rookie campaign earned him the season's best rookie award at the Autosport Awards in January 2026.

The 2025 season also set up his next step: Red Bull promoted him for 2026 to Oracle Red Bull Racing in place of Yuki Tsunoda, and Hadjar began his first season with the team's lead F1 outfit carrying car number 6, as Max Verstappen's teammate.

Notable results outside Formula 1

Year	Series / race	Team	Result
2019	Trophée Winfield (Volant Winfield programme, Paul Ricard)	—	Winner, aged 14
2019	French F4 Championship	—	7th, 1 race win
2020	French F4 Championship	—	3rd, 3 race wins
2021	Formula Regional European Championship	R-ace GP	5th, 2 race wins, best rookie of the season
2022	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Hitech Grand Prix	4th, 3 race wins, 1 pole
2024	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Campos Racing	2nd (championship runner-up), 4 race wins

Career timeline

2012 – starts competitive karting in France
2018 – begins racing internationally in karting
2019 – wins the Trophée Winfield, then makes his single-seater debut in French F4
2021 – first race wins in the Formula Regional European Championship, named best rookie of the season
2022 – fights for the title in FIA Formula 3, then joins the Red Bull Junior Team
2023 – first Formula 1 practice outings, for AlphaTauri and Red Bull
2024 – championship runner-up in FIA Formula 2, then signs an F1 contract with Racing Bulls
2025 – F1 rookie season with Racing Bulls, maiden podium at Zandvoort
2026 – promoted to Oracle Red Bull Racing, alongside teammate Max Verstappen

Facts about Isack Hadjar's career

The nickname "Petit Prost" was given to him by Helmut Marko — not because of his driving style, but because of his nail-biting habit, which Marko said Alain Prost was known for too.
He won the prestigious Trophée Winfield in 2019 with barely two days of single-seater experience, entering the race, by his own account, purely for the experience.
The Volant Winfield programme he broke through on had already sent legendary names like Alain Prost, Jean Alesi and Damon Hill into Formula 1.
With his 2025 podium in the Netherlands, he became the first driver of Arab descent to stand on an F1 podium.
His F1 debut went about as badly as possible: he slid off on the damp tarmac and hit the wall on the formation lap in Melbourne, before his race had even started — barely half a year later, he was celebrating on the podium.
In 2022 he stood on the podium in two different championships on two different continents in a single season — European Formula 3 and Asian Formula Regional.

Frequently asked questions about Isack Hadjar's career

When did Isack Hadjar start racing?

He tried karting as a small child, but began racing seriously in 2012 in the French national karting championships, before moving up to international competition from 2018.

What championship did Isack Hadjar win before Formula 1?

His standout early result was winning the 2019 Trophée Winfield at age 14. He never won a single-seater championship outright — his best result there was runner-up in the 2024 Formula 2 championship — but he took podium finishes in several series along the way.

How did Isack Hadjar make it to Formula 1?

Building on his results in French and Asian junior single-seater series (F4, Formula Regional, F3, F2), he joined the Red Bull Junior Team in 2022, then, after two seasons in F2 and several F1 practice outings, signed with Racing Bulls for the 2025 season in December 2024.

Why is Isack Hadjar called "Petit Prost"?

Helmut Marko gave him the nickname because he bites his nails — a habit Marko compared to Alain Prost, with nothing to do with either driver's style or looks.

When did Isack Hadjar get his first Formula 1 podium?

In 2025, at the Dutch Grand Prix: starting from 4th, he crossed the line 3rd behind Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen, becoming the first F1 podium finisher of Arab descent.

Did Isack Hadjar race in Asia before his Formula 1 career?

Yes. He raced in the F3 Asian Championship in the winter of 2021 and in the Formula Regional Asian Championship in the winter of 2022, taking podium finishes in both series.

When did Isack Hadjar move from Racing Bulls to Oracle Red Bull Racing?

After a strong 2025 rookie season, Red Bull promoted him to its senior team for the 2026 season, replacing Yuki Tsunoda alongside teammate Max Verstappen.

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