Hadjar extends Red Bull deal through 2027 — SkimNews
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- Isack Hadjar will stay at Red Bull for the 2027 F1 season, extending his contract ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, after stepping up from Racing Bulls at the start of 2026.
- Hadjar has missed the last three race weekends with a wrist injury sustained during the summer break but is fit enough to return at Baku, and remains 8th in the Drivers' Championship.
- Hadjar reclaimed his Monaco Grand Prix podium after Red Bull and McLaren successfully appealed Gasly's overturned speeding penalties, a detail underscoring his on-track results.
- Team principal Laurent Mekies called the extension "an easy decision," praising Hadjar's composure from his first weekend in Melbourne and his factory work with engineers.
- Hadjar has outperformed previous Verstappen team-mates — Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda — and has beaten the four-time champion on pace at times this season.
- Verstappen himself re-signed with Red Bull last month on a deal running through at least the end of 2030, locking in the team's driver pairing for the next four seasons.
Why it matters: The second Red Bull seat has become the most volatile on the F1 grid, with Gasly, Albon, Lawson and Tsunoda all struggling alongside Verstappen. Hadjar, at 21 and in just his second full F1 season, has done more than hold his own — extracting a podium and beating the champion on merit — making his extension a rare vote of continuity in a seat defined by churn.
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