Isack Hadjar claimed he has no expectations for his transfer to Pink Bull in 2026 as he shall be “ranging from scratch”.
The French-Algerian driver is ready to hitch four-time champion Max Verstappen on the Milton Keynes outfit as he replaces Yuki Tsunoda. The Japanese driver will transfer to a reserve driver position with the staff, and Pink Bull junior Arvid Lindblad has secured a seat in Hadjar’s place at Racing Bulls subsequent 12 months.
“It is an excellent second in my profession, that is for positive,” Hadjar defined throughout the press convention in Abu Dhabi. “For all of the laborious work by the years being rewarded now, clearly it is only the start of a brand new journey.
“However I am very excited and getting into a brand new period of Components 1 as nicely. I feel it is excellent timing.”
Hadjar will be part of Pink Bull on the change of the rules within the championship.
“I’ve no expectations in any respect, as a result of ranging from scratch – everybody. The work goes to be carried out.
“I am simply actually trying ahead to January, February, working with the staff, attending to know the folks. It’ll be essential to try to be forward a bit.”
Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls Workforce
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Pink Bull has struggled to discover a team-mate for Verstappen who has been capable of extract the identical stage of efficiency out of the automotive. After Sergio Perez was changed for 2025 by Liam Lawson, the New Zealander solely competed in two race weekends earlier than he discovered himself changed by Tsunoda. Now, the Japanese driver shall be changed by Hadjar.
Regardless of the current historical past within the seat alongside Verstappen, Hadjar is assured. When requested what his mindset goes into the seat, Hadjar added: “Nicely, it is not true. It isn’t the identical automotive in any respect subsequent 12 months. As I mentioned, we’ll get the automotive we’ve. The staff goes to construct this automotive. I’ve to adapt to that automotive, and Max should do the identical job. If the automotive goes in a single course, a minimum of I will be there to really feel the change.
“And ideally, I contribute to that change. That will be the perfect situation. I’ve by no means repeated, yearly. I’ve all the time competed in several automobiles, so I do not know what it is like doing the identical factor, the identical job. I feel I am fairly respectable at adapting, so I am really assured.”
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