Isack Hadjar
Hadjar in 2022
NationalityFrance French
Algeria Algerian[1]
Born (2004-09-28) 28 September 2004 (age 19)
Paris, France
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2023
Current teamCampos Racing
Former teamsHitech Pulse–Eight
Starts26 (26 entries)
Wins1
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish14th in 2023
Previous series
2022
2021–22
2021
2020
2019–20		FIA Formula 3 Championship
FR Asian Championship
FR European Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship
French F4 Championship
Championship titles
2021FR European Rookie Championship

Isack Alexandre Hadjar (French pronunciation: [i.zak a.d͡ʒaʁ]; born 28 September 2004) is a French-Algerian[2] racing driver who is set to compete in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Campos Racing. He most recently competed in the 2023 Formula 2 Championship for Hitech Pulse–Eight. He previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Hitech, ending the season in fourth place. He was the 2021 Formula Regional European rookie champion and is a member of the Red Bull Junior Team.[3]

Career

Karting

Hadjar was born in Paris and started karting in 2015. In the first two years he competed in national championships, and in his final year of karting Hadjar raced in the CIK-FIA European OK Junior Championship, beating future Red Bull academy teammate Jak Crawford.

Lower formulae

In 2019 Hadjar made his single seater debut in the French F4 Championship.[4] He achieved one race victory at Spa and finished seventh in the standings. The Frenchman then raced in two weekends of the F4 UAE Championship during the winter of 2020 with 3Y Technology, where he scored 56 points, leading to eleventh in the championship.[5] Hadjar then once again drove in the French F4 series. He fared much better than in the previous year, winning three races. After eight further podiums and two pole positions Hadjar finished third in the drivers' standings.

Formula Regional Championships

2021

Hadjar racing in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship

The Frenchman made his debut at the Formula Regional level in 2021, competing in the first three rounds of the F3 Asian Championship with Evans GP.[6] He impressed right from the start, scoring a myriad of podium finishes, which included three podiums in the second round at Yas Marina. Despite not taking part in the latter rounds of the campaign, Hadjar managed to finish sixth in the standings, highes of all part-time entrants.

Hadjar's main campaign would lie in the Formula Regional European Championship, where he partnered Zane Maloney, Léna Bühler and fellow countryman Hadrien David at R-ace GP.[7] The Frenchman scored his first points, along with his first rookie win, at the first round in Imola.[8] He then proceeded to score his first podium at the next event, held in Barcelona, and achieved his first Formula Regional victory in the first race on the streets of Monaco.[9] At that same weekend Hadjar finished second in race two, only behind teammate Maloney, and closed in on the championship lead held by Grégoire Saucy.[10] However, Hadjar would be unable to score a podium finish until the final round of the season, despite amassing a number of finishes in the top six. Following a disappointing round at Mugello where he hadn't scored any points the Frenchman bounced back with a double podium in that final round at Monza, scoring a win in the second race after the leading pair collided.[11] Hadjar ended up fifth in the standings, just four points behind teammate Maloney, and won the honours for the best rookie of the season.

2022

At the start of 2022, Hadjar raced in the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Hitech Grand Prix.[12]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Hadjar driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round

In November 2021 Hadjar drove for Hitech Grand Prix in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test.[13] He would eventually be announced to drive for the team in the 2022 season in January.[14] He started his season out in the best way possible, inheriting victory in the Sakhir sprint race after original winner Ollie Bearman had received a five-second time penalty for track limits infringements.[15] The feature race would be less successful, as Hadjar finished 25th after suffering a puncture caused by contact with Roman Staněk.[16]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2023

Hadjar driving the Dallara F2 2018 during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 2 round.

Hadjar was invited to test for Hitech Grand Prix at the 2022 F2 post-season test in Yas Marina.[17] In January 2023, Hadjar was announced to be progressing into the 2023 Formula 2 Championship, continuing his relationship with Hitech alongside Jak Crawford.[18] Hadjar qualified 14th in Bahrain, and in the feature race, he was able to take his first points by mastering his way to seventh place.[19] An average weekend in Jeddah, saw Hadjar take away more points with ninth in the feature race.[20] In Melbourne, he qualified in a brilliant fourth, but was penalised three places for the sprint race for impeding.[21] In a dramatic sprint race, Hadjar found his way to sixth. He was set for more points in the feature race, until it unravelled after tangling with Oliver Bearman in the pits, earning Hadjar a penalty. More contact with Roy Nissany saw him drop down the order, and he eventually ended 15th.[22] Hadjar qualified down in 18th for Baku, and made his way to eighth in a dramatic sprint race, but it was unraveled as a penalty for an illegal overtake dropped him to 11th.[23] In the feature race, the Frenchman ran the alternate strategy and found himself securing seventh place at the flag.[24]

2024

Hadjar switched to Campos Racing for the 2024 Formula 2 season, teaming up with fellow Red Bull junior Pepe Martí.[25]

Formula One

On 16 June 2021, Red Bull announced that Hadjar was to become a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in 2022.[26]

Hadjar made his free practice debut at the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix with Scuderia AlphaTauri, to fulfill the mandatory rookie driver rule.[27] Before the weekend, Hadjar admitted that he felt "apprehension"，having not driven a Formula One car prior.[28] He ended the session in 17th place, second highest of the five rookies who participated.[29] He the drove for Red Bull during the Abu Dhabi practice, finishing the session in 17th again.[30][31]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2014 Championnat Regional Île-de-France — Minime 12th
Coupe de France — Minime 16th
2015 Trophée Interclub — Cadet 23rd
National Series Karting — Cadet 24th
Coupe de France — Cadet NC
Championnat de France — Cadet 7th
2016 Championnat de France — Cadet 20th
Coupe de France — Cadet 2nd
National Series Karting — Cadet 4th
Challenge Rotax Max France — Cadet 2nd
2017 IAME International Open — X30 Junior 9th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ Hadjar, Yassine NC†
Finale Nationale X30 — X30 Junior 7th
Championnat de France — Junior Sens 7th
IAME International Final — X30 Junior NC
2018 South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ NC
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ Forza Racing 115th
National Series Karting — Nationale 7th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ Forza Racing 16th
Coupe de France — Nationale 6th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ 22nd
IAME International Final — X30 Junior 23rd
Sources:[32][33]

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2017 Hadjar, Yassine OKJ SAR
QH 		SAR
R 		CAY
QH 		CAY
R 		LEM
QH
13 		LEM
R
7 		ALA
QH 		ALA
R 		KRI
QH 		KRI
R 		NC† 0
2018 Forza Racing OKJ SAR
QH
53 		SAR
R
DNQ 		PFI
QH
8 		PFI
R
19 		AMP
QH
27 		AMP
R
27 		LEM
QH
10 		LEM
R
7 		16th 13

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 Ginetta Junior Winter Championship Elite Motorsport[34] 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 20 1 0 1 2 118 7th
2020 Formula 4 UAE Championship 3Y Technology 8 0 0 0 0 56 11th
French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 21 3 2 6 11 233 3rd
2021 Formula Regional European Championship R-ace GP 20 2 1 3 5 166 5th
F3 Asian Championship Evans GP 9 0 0 1 5 95 6th
2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship Hitech Grand Prix 15 2 1 2 5 134 3rd
FIA Formula 3 Championship 18 3 1 2 5 123 4th
2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship Hitech Pulse-Eight 26 1 0 1 2 55 14th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Racing 0 0 0 0 0 * *

Complete French F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2019 NOG
1
8 		NOG
2
10 		NOG
3
16 		PAU
1
4 		PAU
2
6 		PAU
3
DNS 		SPA
1
1 		SPA
2
17 		SPA
3
7 		LÉD
1
7 		LÉD
2
4 		LÉD
3
2 		HUN
1
18 		HUN
2
12 		HUN
3
5 		MAG
1
8 		MAG
2
Ret 		MAG
3
5 		LEC
1
Ret 		LEC
2
Ret 		LEC
3
4 		7th 118
2020 NOG
1
3 		NOG
2
6 		NOG
3
Ret 		MAG
1
3 		MAG
2
9 		MAG
3
2 		ZAN
1
4 		ZAN
2
2 		ZAN
3
4 		LEC1
1
Ret 		LEC1
2
2 		LEC1
3
2 		SPA
1
3 		SPA
2
Ret 		SPA
3
4 		LEC2
1
1 		LEC2
2
3 		LEC2
3
1 		LEC3
1
1 		LEC3
2
5 		LEC3
3
6 		3rd 233

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2020 3Y Technology DUB1
1 		DUB1
2 		DUB1
3 		DUB1
4 		YMC1
1 		YMC1
2 		YMC1
3 		YMC1
4 		YMC2
1
7 		YMC2
2
Ret 		YMC2
3
5 		YMC2
4
5 		DUB2
1 		DUB2
2 		DUB2
3 		DUB2
4 		DUB3
1
5 		DUB3
2
6 		DUB3
3
4 		DUB3
4
Ret 		11th 56

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2021 Evans GP DUB
1
8 		DUB
2
3 		DUB
3
4 		ABU
1
3 		ABU
2
2 		ABU
3
3 		ABU
1
10 		ABU
2
Ret 		ABU
3
3 		DUB
1 		DUB
2 		DUB
3 		ABU
1 		ABU
2 		ABU
3 		6th 95
2022 Hitech Grand Prix ABU
1
4 		ABU
2
16† 		ABU
3
3 		DUB
1
8 		DUB
2
3 		DUB
3
3 		DUB
1
5 		DUB
2
11 		DUB
3
Ret 		DUB
1
1 		DUB
2
11 		DUB
3
10 		ABU
1
4 		ABU
2
25 		ABU
3
1 		3rd 134

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2021 R-ace GP IMO
1
7 		IMO
2
12 		CAT
1
7 		CAT
2
3 		MCO
1
1 		MCO
2
2 		LEC
1
21 		LEC
2
4 		ZAN
1
6 		ZAN
2
11 		SPA
1
7 		SPA
2
9 		RBR
1
12 		RBR
2
6 		VAL
1
9 		VAL
2
4 		MUG
1
12 		MUG
2
13 		MNZ
1
2 		MNZ
2
1 		5th 166

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2022 Hitech Grand Prix BHR
SPR
1 		BHR
FEA
25 		IMO
SPR
5 		IMO
FEA
3 		CAT
SPR
10 		CAT
FEA
3 		SIL
SPR
1 		SIL
FEA
5 		RBR
SPR
10 		RBR
FEA
1 		HUN
SPR
4 		HUN
FEA
18 		SPA
SPR
9 		SPA
FEA
14 		ZAN
SPR
6 		ZAN
FEA
5 		MNZ
SPR
27 		MNZ
FEA
9 		4th 123

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2023 United Kingdom Hitech Pulse-Eight Dallara F3 2019 4th 9th 7th

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DC Points
2023 Hitech Pulse-Eight BHR
SPR
20 		BHR
SPR
7 		JED
SPR
12 		JED
FEA
9 		MEL
SPR
6 		MEL
FEA
15 		BAK
SPR
11 		BAK
FEA
7 		MCO
SPR
Ret 		MCO
FEA
12 		CAT
SPR
12 		CAT
FEA
20 		RBR
SPR
3 		RBR
FEA
12 		SIL
SPR
5 		SIL
FEA
15 		HUN
SPR
8 		HUN
FEA
5 		SPA
SPR
11 		SPA
FEA
Ret 		ZAN
SPR
1 		ZAN
FEA
6 		MNZ
SPR
11 		MNZ
FEA
11 		YMC
SPR
5 		YMC
FEA
8 		14th 55
2024 Campos Racing BHR
SPR
 BHR
FEA
 JED
SPR
 JED
FEA
 MEL
SPR
 MEL
FEA
 IMO
SPR
 IMO
FEA
 MON
SPR
 MON
FEA
 CAT
SPR
 CAT
FEA
 RBR
SPR
 RBR
FEA
 SIL
SPR
 SIL
FEA
 HUN
SPR
 HUN
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 SPA
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 MNZ
FEA
 BAK
SPR
 BAK
FEA
 LSL
SPR
 LSL
FEA
 YMC
SPR
 YMC
FEA
 TBD TBD

Complete Formula One participations

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 WDC Points
2023 Scuderia AlphaTauri AlphaTauri AT04 Honda RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t BHR SAU AUS AZE MIA MON ESP CAN AUT GBR HUN BEL NED ITA SIN JPN QAT USA MXC
TD 		SAP LVG – –
Oracle Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB19 ABU
TD

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