Isack Hadjar has explained what he needs to do in order to not dramatically fall behind Max Verstappen at Red Bull.<\/p>\n
Following an impressive rookie season, Hadjar was chosen by Red Bull to replace Yuki Tsunoda at the senior team ahead of the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n
Tsunoda struggled for form throughout the year and was the latest Verstappen team-mate who failed to bring home results.<\/p>\n
The Japanese driver followed the likes of Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Sergio Perez and Liam Lawson who all could not get up to speed at Red Bull.<\/p>\n
Hadjar has already accepted that he will not stroll into the team and instantly match the four-time champion.<\/p>\n
When asked if he is keeping Verstappen’s team-mate history in mind, Hadjar told select media including RacingNews365: \u201cYeah I am. That\u2019s why I have this approach.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe key is to be unbelievably quick, good outside the car, working with the boys.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the only way you\u2019re going to get there. It\u2019s not a specifically mental approach. You need to get the job done as well on the track.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tHadjar targets Red Bull integration with winter visits<\/p>\n
Hadjar enjoyed a positive rookie campaign which peaked with a podium result at the Dutch Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Although his end goal as a Red Bull junior was to achieve a seat at the front-running squad, Hadjar declared he paid little attention to what occured at the team as he navigated the challenges of his first season in F1.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo get to Red Bull, I had to do my best here,\u201d Hadjar said. \u201cThere wasn’t much attention paid to what the big boys were doing.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut obviously the focus point is changing and I can’t wait to get to Milton Keynes and start working with the guys through January and February.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be fun, but it’s where I’m going to make the difference, because the car is not built yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s one tool out there [and it\u2019s] the sim. It’s a lot to do. I can allow myself more holidays, but what’s the point?\u201d<\/p>\n
Hadjar will link up with Verstappen as the sport enters a new era under fresh technical regulations.<\/p>\n
The Frenchman insisted he has already found his relationship with Verstappen to be healthy, having sought advice from the 28-year-old on several occasions last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cEspecially on the technical aspect, I would see him for like five minutes at the driver’s parade and I have questions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe answers it, he is very open about that. There\u2019s a lot to take, and that’s why I’m also using that from him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Isack Hadjar has explained what he needs to do in order to not dramatically fall behind Max Verstappen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,2476,578,2479,2477,2480,2478,930,576,577,932,1885,2475,582,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-397157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-daniel-ricciardo","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-f1-calendar","13":"tag-f1-live","14":"tag-f1-results","15":"tag-f1-standings","16":"tag-ferrari","17":"tag-formula-1","18":"tag-formula1","19":"tag-lewis-hamilton","20":"tag-max-verstappen","21":"tag-motorsport","22":"tag-racing","23":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}