Hadjar to partner Tsunoda at Racing Bulls for F1 2025

The Racing Bulls Method 1 staff has introduced Crimson Bull junior Isack Hadjar will associate Yuki Tsunoda in 2025, because the beginning grid for the brand new season is now set.

Hadjar will take up the seat vacated by Liam Lawson, whose personal transfer to the principle Crimson Bull squad as Sergio Perez‘s substitute was introduced on Thursday.

Hadjar was the runner-up within the 2024 F2 season with Campos Racing, ceding the title to Sauber-bound Gabriel Bortoleto in Abu Dhabi. Following a variety of alternatives in F1 equipment, which embody three grand prix apply periods and a vital day aboard the Crimson Bull RB20 at Abu Dhabi’s post-season take a look at, Hadjar has completed sufficient to persuade Crimson Bull chiefs he has what it takes to switch Lawson and associate Tsunoda.

“I am very excited to step into my new function at VCARB, that is large for myself, my household and all of the individuals who have believed in me from the start,” the 20-year-old Frenchman mentioned.

“The journey from karting by means of the ranks in single-seaters, to now being in Method 1 is the second l’ve been working in direction of my entire life, it’s the dream.

“It will be an enormous studying curve, however I am able to work laborious and do the most effective I can for the staff. I look ahead to working with and studying from Yuki. l’ve at all times regarded as much as him, he went by means of the Crimson Bull junior programme, like myself, and we have shared the same path to F1. He is very skilled and will probably be good to be taught from.”

Isack Hadjar, Crimson Bull Racing RB20

Photograph by: Crimson Bull Content material Pool

Racing Bulls staff principal Laurent Mekies mentioned Hadjar had proven “exceptional progress” that warranted his spot on the grid for 2025: “We’re excited to have Isack with us subsequent yr, bringing a brand new and contemporary dynamic to the staff alongside Yuki in 2025.

“His journey to Method 1 has been nothing wanting excellent, he has proven exceptional progress, with a sequence of spectacular ends in the junior single-seater ranks. He has the expertise and drive essential to compete on the highest degree, and we’ve got each confidence that he’ll adapt rapidly and make a significant influence.

“I imagine Isack and Yuki will make a terrific staff. Yuki brings invaluable expertise to the staff, he is proven unbelievable resilience and maturity, which will probably be essential for the staff as we attempt to hit all our goals and targets in 2025.”

The staff’s CEO Peter Bayer added: “Firstly, we should congratulate Liam for his step as much as Red Bull Racing. As a sister staff and as an incubator for Method 1 expertise, our strategic goal is to foster and nurture our drivers in preparation for this subsequent step.

“With this transfer and by bringing Isack into VCARB, it is a testomony to our longstanding dedication to develop the most effective younger drivers in motorsport, in addition to proof of idea of the Crimson Bull junior programme. Having a youthful driver helps our mission to talk to a youthful viewers, so we look ahead to bringing new and present followers on the journey with us.”

Alongside Bortoleto, Hadjar will probably be one in every of 5 rookies on the 2025 grid, which will even embody Andrea Kimi Antonelli at Mercedes, Haas’ Oliver Bearman and Alpine debutant Jack Doohan.