Racing Bulls rookie Isack Hadjar has urged it might be a “good concept” for him to check the Pink Bull Method 1 automobile early forward of an anticipated promotion for the 2026 season.
The 21-year-old has exceeded expectations within the 2025 marketing campaign, as Hadjar is ninth within the championship with a podium on the Dutch Grand Prix being a standout second.
He has typically crushed team-mate Liam Lawson, but in addition the struggling Pink Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda who's seventeenth within the standings and combating for his F1 future throughout the ultimate six rounds of 2025.
No matter how Tsunoda fares although, Hadjar remains to be anticipated to companion Max Verstappen at Racing Bulls' sister squad Pink Bull in 2026 when F1 introduces its revamped technical rules.
Hadjar has lengthy needed the Pink Bull drive, however earlier this 12 months he stated he ‘would not really feel prepared' to make the bounce in 2025. Forward of this weekend's United States Grand Prix, nonetheless, he appeared to have modified his thoughts.
When requested in Austin if he can be open to contesting the “final three races this 12 months” for Pink Bull, Hadjar stated: “Yeah, undoubtedly. I feel that may be… I do not know, but when I am 100% positive and I get the chance to take some advance, then sure. However on the identical time, it is a fully new automobile subsequent 12 months, so it is also pointless in a approach.”
Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls Group
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It was then talked about to Hadjar that it might be a possibility to study his new engineers, to which the Frenchman replied: “It undoubtedly helps. Yeah, I did not take into consideration this, to be sincere. That is attention-grabbing. It is a good suggestion.”
Pink Bull has beforehand said that it intends to announce its 2026 line-ups throughout each groups by the Mexico Grand Prix, which instantly follows Austin on 24-26 October.
However Hadjar claimed he “didn't know” that was the case however that “it would not change my strategy in any respect”.
“I have been saying it 1,000,000 instances. Possibly loads of speaking, however whenever you're strapped within the automobile, and I drive, I actually do not take into consideration one thing else than simply doing the very best I can do. That is it,” Hadjar stated.
Lawson additionally insisted the workforce hasn't given him a timeline but, although the 23-year-old is in an analogous boat to Tsunoda in that he's merely combating for his future within the championship.
That's as a result of F2's Arvid Lindblad is anticipated to be promoted into Racing Bulls subsequent 12 months, leaving the seat subsequent to the 18-year-old Pink Bull junior because the one left to be stuffed.
However Lawson shouldn't be letting any of it get to him, claiming this has been the theme of his profession since he made his debut as a Daniel Ricciardo substitute on the 2023 Dutch GP.
Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls Group
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“It is my complete profession in Method 1 thus far, not that it has been very lengthy however that is the way it's been,” stated Lawson, who's contesting his first full season within the championship and began the 12 months at Pink Bull, however was demoted for Tsunoda after two point-less rounds.
“It is how I got here into the game final 12 months, it is how issues have all the time been and it is one thing that we're uncovered to from a younger age within the junior programme.
“We're put underneath this strain, we're all the time on a performance-based programme and it is designed to place us underneath strain so it is nothing new truthfully.”
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