Isack Hadjar laughed off the suggestion that he already is aware of he's set to affix Crimson Bull for the 2026 System 1 marketing campaign.
Crimson Bull beforehand acknowledged it goals to announce its 2026 driver line-up round this weekend's Mexico Grand Prix, plus that of sister squad Racing Bulls, which Hadjar at the moment drives for.
Hadjar has impressed in his rookie 2025 season and it's anticipated that the 21-year-old will substitute the struggling Yuki Tsunoda as Max Verstappen's Crimson Bull team-mate.
It's then believed that Hadjar's spot at Racing Bulls might be taken by F2's Arvid Lindblad, whose team-mate will both be Tsunoda or Liam Lawson with the latter favorite to retain his spot.
When Hadjar was requested if he already is aware of his destiny and that he simply can not reveal it, he began laughing earlier than including: “No, you are simply too sensible.”
The Frenchman then claimed in Mexico, the fifth-to-last spherical of this season, that “in a really perfect world, I might like everybody to attend for the top of the 12 months earlier than asking me questions”.
Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls Staff
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“It's extra annoying than something, the noise,” added Hadjar. “So it's 5 races to maintain pushing.”
At the USA Grand Prix final week, he was even requested if he could be open to ending the 12 months with Crimson Bull in preparation for 2026. Hadjar stated he could be, however it's “so unlikely” that his focus is as an alternative on securing sixth for Racing Bulls within the constructors' standings.
That's the place the Italian outfit at the moment occupies, however seventh-placed Aston Martin path by simply three factors with Sauber 13 behind in eighth. Fifth-placed Williams, in the meantime, is 39 forward of Racing Bulls.
“That will imply I'd have simply two extra races with the crew,” stated Hadjar on the matter of becoming a member of Crimson Bull early. “And that is simply not going to occur. I am so pleased with the crew I am with proper now, and for them I additionally must convey the sixth place dwelling.”
Hadjar is comfortable along with his season no matter what occurs subsequent, as he's tenth within the drivers' championship, 9 factors forward of team-mate Lawson, and scored a podium at Zandvoort.
“I've carried out a superb job up to now this 12 months,” stated Hadjar. “Truthfully, even the outcomes, I feel they do not mirror the velocity I've had. I am not speaking about qualifying and race.
Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing, Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls
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“I am speaking about each free observe session of yearly of each observe I have been on. I have never felt like there was a session the place I used to be three tenths away and I can not clarify why. It by no means occurred to me. So in a method I am very comfortable about that and if I am effective with my season then they need to be as nicely.”
Lawson and Tsunoda have additionally claimed to know nothing, even when the writing could also be on the wall for the present Crimson Bull driver. Since Tsunoda changed Lawson at Crimson Bull from spherical three of this 12 months, in Japan, he has scored simply 25 factors – leaving him sixteenth within the championship.
However current rounds have seen enhancements from the 25-year-old, with Tsunoda taking three factors finishes in 5 grands prix. That is because of a mix of things, whether or not or not it's the upgrades Crimson Bull delivered to Monza or Tsunoda's useful simulator time, however regardless, he thinks it ought to be sufficient to maintain his seat in 2026.
“I'm assured in what I've carried out and the state of affairs I'm in,” stated Tsunoda, whose team-mate Verstappen is third within the standings. “Clearly, I attempt to give the perfect as a lot as potential to enhance myself as quickly as potential and rating factors.
“So, I simply preserve doing what I'm doing. It's as much as them, actually. It's what sort of crew line-up they need. However I feel I've improved quite a lot of issues, and I additionally preserve bettering myself to deserve that I will be in the identical crew subsequent 12 months.”
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