Max Verstappen’s new teammate for the next Formula 1 season is certain. Not surprisingly, the 21-year-old is French Isack Hadjar from the sister team Racing Bulls Red Bull promoted to the Dutchman’s side. The racing team announced this in the last Grand Prix week of the year before the finale in Abu Dhabi.
Red Bull: Tsunoda loses cockpit to Hadjar
The Japanese have to make room for this Yuki Tsunodawho only made it from the Racing Bulls to Red Bull over the course of this season. Despite his recent decent trend, the 25-year-old Japanese was able to do just like his short-term predecessor Liam Lawson from New Zealand are not convincing. Tsunoda now has no regular cockpit for 2026, he will initially be a reserve driver at Red Bull.
Hadjar: Father is a nuclear physicist
Hadjar, who also has Algerian citizenship and whose father is a nuclear physicist, will take his place at the Racing Bulls when he is only 18 years old Arvid Lindblad take. Like Tsunoda, both come from Red Bull’s youth program. Verstappen was also trained there. In 2015, the now four-time world champion got into the Formula 1 cockpit for the first time with Toro Rosso – then the name of the sister team.
After a few races in the 2016 season, Verstappen was promoted and won in Spain in his first Red Bull appearance. At the finale this weekend, the 28-year-old has a chance of winning his fifth title in a row. In total he won 70 races for Red Bull. His dominance and the way in which he aggressively sets up the car has made it difficult for his teammates to keep up with Verstappen for years. Hadjar will be the sixth driver to attempt to compete against the series world champion for an extended period of time.