Frenchman Isack Hadjar has been promoted to Purple Bull’s second crew to race alongside Japanese Yuki Tsunoda throughout the 2025 System 1 season.
The announcement fills the ultimate seat on the 20-car F1 grid.
Hadjar is a substitute on the crew that may now be generally known as Racing Bulls for Liam Lawson, who has been switched to Red Bull after they dropped Sergio Perez.
Hadjar, 20, completed second in System 2 final season to Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto, who shall be racing for Audi-owned Sauber in F1 subsequent yr.
Racing Bulls crew principal Laurent Mekies stated: “Isack’s journey to F1has been nothing in need of excellent. He has proven outstanding progress, with a collection of spectacular leads to the junior single-seater ranks.
“He has the expertise and drive essential to compete on the highest stage, and we now have each confidence that he’ll adapt shortly and make a big impression. I consider Isack and Yuki will make a fantastic crew.”
Hadjar stated: “The journey from karting by way of the ranks in single-seaters, to now being in F1 is the second I have been working in direction of my entire life, it’s the dream.
“I really feel like I am entering into an entire new universe, driving a a lot sooner automotive and racing with the very best drivers on the earth. It will be an enormous studying curve, however I am able to work onerous and do the very best I can for the crew.”
The announcement additionally successfully confirms a change in a method of referring to the crew for subsequent yr.
Purple Bull’s second crew raced as RB in 2024 however the Lawson and Hadjar bulletins this week have each referred to them as Racing Bulls.
The initials RB had been brief for Racing Bulls, and had been used as a result of the corporate felt that the total crew identify together with its title sponsor, a bank card firm, was too wordy.
However the crew’s electronic mail addresses all used the identify Racing Bulls this yr, and now Purple Bull has determined the unique identify shall be used in any case.
Racing Bulls chief govt officer Peter Bayer stated final month: “The one query all year long was: ‘What does RB imply, what does RB imply? Now we’re making it official: RB means Racing Bulls.”
The brand new identify was mirrored on the official FIA F1 2025 entry list,, external which was printed final week.
