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2004-09-28 · Paris · Male

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Isack Alexandre Hadjar (born 28 September 2004) is a French and Algerian racing driver who competes under the French flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing.

Born and raised in Paris to an Algerian family, Hadjar began competitive kart racing aged seven. After debuting in sportscar racing at the Ginetta Junior Winter Series, Hadjar graduated to junior formulae in 2019. He finished third in the 2020 French F4 Championship with the FFSA Academy, before progressing to the Formula Regional European Championship in 2021, achieving multiple victories as he finished fifth in his rookie season. He then entered Formula Regional Asian and FIA Formula 3 in 2022 with Hitech, placing third in the former and achieving multiple wins in both. 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.

A member of the Red Bull Junior Team since 2022, Hadjar signed for Racing Bulls in 2025, making his Formula One debut at the Australian Grand Prix, where he crashed on the formation lap. He scored several points finishes across his rookie season, including his maiden podium at the Dutch Grand Prix. Hadjar was promoted to the senior Red Bull team in 2026 alongside Max Verstappen.

Early and personal life

Isack Alexandre Hadjar was born on 28 September 2004 in Paris, France, to an Algerian family of physicians and physicists. His father, Yassine Hadjar, is a researcher in quantum mechanics and also served as his kart mechanic. He holds dual Algerian and French citizenship. Isack is named after famous physicist Isaac Newton.

Hadjar initially grew fond of motorsport after watching the Pixar animated movie Cars. His parents bought him a go-kart when he was seven, a year after he started watching Formula One. He also competed in boxing and judo at a young age.

Junior racing career

Karting (2012–2018)

Hadjar started competitive kart racing in 2012. After initially competing in national championships, Hadjar progressed to the international scene in 2017. Hadjar competed in the 2018 Karting World Championship and finished 22nd.

Formula 4 (2019–2020)

2019

In 2019, Hadjar made his single seater debut in the French F4 Championship. Despite struggling to push down fully on the car's pedals owing to his low height at the start of the season, Hadjar was able to achieve his first single-seater win at Spa during the third round. Hadjar earned another podium at the Circuit de Lédenon, with a second place in the final race. The final three rounds of the season, were hampered by three retirements, but he still managed to score a decent haul of points to finish seventh in the standings, claiming second in the junior class to Victor Bernier.

2020

Hadjar raced in two weekends of the F4 UAE Championship during the winter of 2020 with 3Y Technology. He had a highest finish of fourth place during the final round. Overall, he scored 56 points and placed eleventh in the championship.

Hadjar then once again drove in the French F4 Championship. Scoring a podium on debut, Hadjar scored regular rostrums in the first half of the season but did not win. However, in the penultimate round in Paul Ricard, Hadjar scored a pole position and held off Ayumu Iwasa to win his first race of the year. Hadjar would also win the third race of the round after another battle with Iwasa. At the third Paul Ricard round, he took the victor honours for a third time during the first race; he finished fifth and sixth in the final two races. With eight further podiums, two pole positions and three wins, Hadjar finished third in the drivers' standings with 233 points, being the highest placed French driver.

Formula Regional (2021–2022)

2021

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. He impressed right from the start, scoring a podium finish during the opening round in Dubai Autodrome. During the second round at Yas Marina, Hadjar demonstrated strong pace and finished on the podium in all three rounds. Hadjar scored another third place during the final race of the third round. Despite not taking part in the latter rounds of the campaign, Hadjar managed to finish sixth in the standings, highest of all part-time entrants.

Hadjar's main campaign would lie in the Formula Regional European Championship, where he partnered Zane Maloney, Léna Bühler and fellow countryman Hadrien David at R-ace GP. Hadjar scored his first points, along with his first rookie win, at the first round in Imola. He 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. In that same weekend, Hadjar finished second in race two, only behind teammate Maloney, and closed in on the championship lead held by Grégoire Saucy. However, 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. Following a disappointing round at Mugello where he hadn't scored any points, Hadjar bounced back with a double podium in that final round at Monza, scoring a win in the second race after the leading pair collided. Hadjar ended up fifth in the standings, just four points behind teammate Maloney, and won the honours for the best rookie of the season.

2022

At the start of 2022, Hadjar raced in the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Hitech Grand Prix. Hadjar started off the season with a podium in Yas Marina, he would also claim a double rostrum in round 2. Hadjar secured his first win of the year during the first race at the Dubai Autodrome, where he withstood heavy pressure from Paul Aron. Hadjar would once again triumph in the final race of the campaign in Abu Dhabi from pole, meaning he finished third in the standings.

FIA Formula 3 (2022–2023)

2022: Third in the championship

In November 2021, Hadjar drove for Hitech Grand Prix in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test. He would eventually be announced to drive for the team in the 2022 season in January. He 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. The feature race would be less successful, as Hadjar finished 25th after suffering a puncture caused by contact with Alexander Smolyar. Qualifying seventh in Imola, 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. Hadjar returned to the podium during the feature race, benefitting from a last corner collision between Bearman and Grégoire Saucy to finish third. A fourth place in qualifying followed in Barcelona, he battled in the lower end of the points and finished tenth. He would finish third the next day, after Hadjar passed Smolyar at the start of lap 1. At Silverstone, a mistake on his qualifying lap confined him to ninth on the grid. In the sprint race, he moved up two places to second in the first half of the race before overtaking Victor Martins on the penultimate lap, allowing Hadjar to take his second win. before finishing fifth on Sunday following a fierce fight with fellow Red Bull junior Jak Crawford. Hadjar made overtakes to finish fifth in the feature race.

Hadjar put himself into championship contention by taking pole in Spielberg. After scoring one point on Saturday, Hadjar converted his pole into a lights-to-flag feature race win in rainy conditions. Hadjar qualified tenth in Hungary and moved up to second in the sprint race, but a mistake saw him slip to fourth place. Hadjar experienced a challenging race on Sunday as a poor start meant he ended up in 18th. A mixed-weather qualifying session at Spa yielded a disappointing 23rd place for Hadjar, though he…