Who is Arvid Lindblad? The Red Bull junior tipped for future Formula 1 success<\/a><\/p>\nWhether Hadjar will be a success at Red Bull will, says Chandhok, largely depend on the team\u2019s philosophy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think ultimately it comes back to a philosophical decision at Red Bull,\u201d the former F1 driver explained on the Sky Sports F1 Show.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre they chasing the Constructors\u2019 Championship? In which case, they\u2019ve got to find a way to develop a car that two drivers can drive and score points. Because Max came within two points of the Drivers\u2019 but they were miles behind in the Constructors\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo are they thinking of the prestige that goes with the Drivers\u2019 World Championship? And we\u2019re going to put all our eggs with Max and chase that, and then you don\u2019t have the problem that McLaren have got, which is the intra-team battle and trying to manage it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo for me it\u2019s a philosophical decision that Red Bull management has got to make.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much do they want to have the second car in the fight?<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this year we saw an extreme of it, actually.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother what if in terms of Max not winning this year, was what if the second Red Bull was better, because if there were those two or three wins that Max had, if Yuki was second, that would have been enough to knock Lando [Norris] or Oscar [Piastri] further down. That could have been a championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo they do need to do something.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think even to just get the Drivers\u2019 they do need to do something to get the second driver more comfortable in the car. At least there\u2019s no way they need him to be beating Max, but certainly good enough to be getting podiums on a regular basis as Checo was in 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hadjar arrives at Red Bull at an opportune time given Formula 1 is resetting the regulations. It means the 2026 Red Bull-Ford-powered RB22 will be a completely new car for both Verstappen and Hadjar.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not like Max knows the car; we all start from scratch,\u201d Hadjar told select media including PlanetF1.com in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the best timing by far. I feel very, very lucky in the way I\u2019m coming to Red Bull, so it\u2019s going to be very beneficial. If the car does go in one direction, then I\u2019ll be here as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
He, however, concedes there is still a chance he won\u2019t be able to match Verstappen\u2019s pace \u2013 at least not at first.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf anything, the goal is to accept that I\u2019m going to be slower the first month,\u201d he said. \u201cI think that, if you go into that mindset, you accept already that it\u2019s going to be very tough\u2026 looking at the data and seeing things you can\u2019t achieve yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be very frustrating. But if you know, then you\u2019re more prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n
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