Frenchman Isack Hadjar has been promoted to Pink Bull’s second crew to race alongside Japanese Yuki Tsunoda throughout the 2025 Method 1 season.
The announcement fills the ultimate seat on the 20-car F1 grid.
Hadjar is a substitute on the crew that can now be often called Racing Bulls for Liam Lawson, who has been switched to Pink Bull after they dropped Sergio Perez.
Hadjar, 20, completed second in Method 2 final season to Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto, who will likely be racing for Audi-owned Sauber in F1 subsequent 12 months.
Racing Bulls crew principal Laurent Mekies mentioned: “Isack’s journey to F1has been nothing in need of excellent. He has proven outstanding development, with a sequence of spectacular leads to the junior single-seater ranks.
“He has the expertise and drive essential to compete on the highest degree, and we have now each confidence that he’ll adapt rapidly and make a big affect. I consider Isack and Yuki will make an excellent crew.”
Hadjar mentioned: “The journey from karting by means of the ranks in single-seaters, to now being in F1 is the second I have been working in direction of my complete life, it’s the dream.
“I really feel like I am moving into a complete new universe, driving a a lot quicker automotive and racing with the most effective drivers on the planet. It will be an enormous studying curve, however I am able to work exhausting and do the most effective I can for the crew.”
The announcement additionally successfully confirms a change in a method of referring to the crew for subsequent 12 months.
Pink 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 quick for Racing Bulls, and had been used as a result of the corporate felt that the total crew title together with its title sponsor, a bank card firm, was too wordy.
However the crew’s e-mail addresses all used the title Racing Bulls this 12 months, and now Pink Bull has determined the unique title will likely be used in spite of everything.
Racing Bulls chief govt officer Peter Bayer mentioned 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 title was mirrored on the official FIA F1 2025 entry listing,, exterior which was revealed final week.
