Frenchman Isack Hadjar is to remain at Purple Bull as Max Verstappen’s team-mate for the 2027 season.
The 21-year-old was promoted to the senior staff this season after a rookie 12 months with Racing Bulls and has managed to be nearer to Verstappen on tempo than any team-mate since Daniel Ricciardo in 2018.
His greatest consequence this season got here with a 3rd place on the Monaco Grand Prix.
Purple Bull staff principal Laurent Mekies described the transfer as “a straightforward choice”.
Mekies stated: “Since becoming a member of us in the beginning of the 12 months, Isack has been very good on and off observe, particularly contemplating that is solely his second F1 season.”
Hadjar returns to Purple Bull for this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix after lacking the previous three races with a damaged wrist, an harm sustained whereas boxing as a part of his coaching programme.
Mekies added: “You may see from his first weekend in Melbourne that he dealt with the step up with exceptional composure and had earned his place on this seat.
“The interval since his harm has been a troublesome one for Isack, however this extension exhibits how a lot we imagine in him.”
Hadjar stated: “I got here to this staff eight months in the past and instantly understood the dimensions and ambition of this organisation.
“There are such a lot of proficient folks on the manufacturing unit, and also you’re conscious of the privilege of driving for such an unimaginable staff alongside a four-time world champion like Max.
“I am consistently seeking to hear, study and push myself additional each single day, which solely makes me extra enthusiastic about what lies forward.”
Over the primary half of the season, Hadjar was 0.239 seconds slower than Verstappen on common in qualifying and has managed to out-qualify the Dutchman thrice, in Australia, Japan and Britain.
In Silverstone Verstappen had a down-on-power engine and in Australia the Dutchman crashed in the beginning of qualifying.
Verstappen signed a two-year extension to his contract, that now runs to the tip of 2030, in August.
