Hadjar Confirmed at Red Bull Through 2027 — SkimNews
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- Red Bull confirmed Isack Hadjar will remain Max Verstappen's team-mate for the 2027 F1 season, announced 23 September 2026 ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.
- Hadjar missed the last three race weekends after sustaining a small wrist fracture during a boxing workout in the summer break; he required no surgery and returns this Saturday at Baku.
- Despite the absence, the 21-year-old sits 8th in the 2026 Drivers' Championship and reclaimed his Monaco GP podium after Red Bull and McLaren successfully appealed Pierre Gasly's overturned speeding penalties.
- Laurent Mekies called the extension "an easy decision," praising Hadjar's composure since stepping up from Racing Bulls following an impressive 2025 debut campaign.
- Hadjar told media in Baku he didn't know the contract's length: "If you're good, you stay, and that's it" — Red Bull has placed no new restrictions on his training programme.
- With Verstappen already contracted through end of 2030, Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull have all locked 2027 line-ups, leaving Racing Bulls, Haas and Aston Martin as the only teams still unsettled.
Why it matters: Red Bull ends the revolving-door problem at Verstappen's notoriously difficult second seat, where Gasly, Albon, Lawson and Tsunoda each floundered. Hadjar — matching Verstappen's pace at 21 and still 8th despite three missed rounds — becomes the first junior to hold the seat long-term, giving Red Bull rare stability through 2027 and shifting the unresolved driver-market focus to Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin decision and Honda's engine situation.
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