Who is Isack Hadjar, third in the Dutch GP. His words of joy

These are the words of the French-Algerian of Racing Bulls Isack Hadjar at the end of the Grand Prix d’Holland on the Zandvoort circuit which, thanks to the retirement of Lando Norris, saw him take third place, his first career podium at his fourteenth race valid for the world title.

“It’s a surreal feeling. The surprising thing for me was to maintain fourth place, then we took advantage of Lando’s problem.”

“I did not make any mistakes, the car was perfect throughout the weekend, I am happy for myself and especially for the guys.

“The podium? It has always been my goal since my first steps in F1. This is just the first step, it is just the first podium, I really hope I can get many more in the future”.

Hadjar was born in Paris on Sept. 28, 2004, and his parents are originally from Algeria, so much so that in addition to French citizenship he also has citizenship of the North African country.

He went all the way through the minor categories: from French Formula 4 in 2019 and 2020, winning four races and finishing third the second year, in which he also raced in the UAE Formula 4.

In 2021 he competes in Asian Formula 3 and regional European Formula 3, in which he won two races. In 2022 he is again in the Asian Formula 3 (two wins and third place overall) and the Formula 3 overall championship (three wins and fourth place overall).

In 2023 he moves to Formula 2 with the Hitech team, with whom he had competed the year before, but collects only one podium finish. In 2024 he switched to Campos Racing, won four races and was second in the final standings, beaten only by Gabriel Bortoleto.

Last year in four Formula 1 Grand Prix he also took to the track as third driver, in the first with AlphaTauri, now Racing Bulls, and in the others with Red Bull. This year he is promoted to starter in Racing Bulls and makes his debut not in Australia, when he crashes on the reconnaissance lap and cannot start, but in China.

Before Zandvoort he had put together a sixth place in Monaco, a seventh, an eighth and a ninth. Today, at 20 years and 337 days, he has become the fifth youngest person to stand on a Formula 1 rainbow podium after Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli and Lando Norris. A predestined resume.