Isack Hadjar to replace Liam Lawson at RB adding to 2025 rookies

Formulation 2 runner-up Isack Hadjar will change Pink Bull-bound Liam Lawson at RB in 2025.

French driver Hadjar, 20, will step as much as accomplice Yuki Tsunoda on the junior staff. Lawson’s transfer to the senior Pink Bull staff because the alternative for the outgoing Sergio Perez was confirmed by the staff on Thursday.

His arrival completes the F1 grid for 2025, with all 10 groups having revealed their line-ups.

“I am very excited to step into my new function at VCARB, that is enormous for myself, my household and all of the individuals who have believed in me from the start,” Hadjar mentioned. “The journey from karting by way of the ranks in single-seaters, to now being in Formulation 1 is the second I have been working in the direction of my entire life, it’s the dream.

“I really feel like I am getting into an entire new universe, driving a a lot sooner automotive and racing with one of the best drivers on the earth. It will be an enormous studying curve, however I am able to work laborious and do one of the best I can for the staff. I look ahead to working with and studying from Yuki, I’ve all the time seemed as much as him, he went by way of the Pink Bull Junior Program, like myself, and we have shared the same path to F1. He is very skilled and might be good to study from.”

Hadjar joined Pink Bull’s junior programme in 2022. His arrival provides one other title to the bumper checklist of rookies set to race in 2025.

Gabriel Bortoleto, who beat Hadjar to the F2 title, will race for Sauber, Andrea Kimi Antonelli is changing Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, whereas Jack Doohan and Oliver Bearman, who each made F1 debuts this season in stand-in roles, will race for Alpine and Haas respectively.

“We’re excited to have Isack with us subsequent yr, bringing a brand new and contemporary dynamic to the staff alongside Yuki in 2025,” Laurent Mekies, staff principal of RB, mentioned.

“His journey to Formulation 1 has been nothing in need of excellent, he has proven exceptional progress, with a sequence of spectacular leads to the junior single-seater ranks. He has the expertise and drive essential to compete on the highest stage, and we’ve each confidence that he’ll adapt rapidly and make a big influence.”