{"id":440736,"date":"2026-01-29T11:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/440736\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:35:21","slug":"can-isack-hadjar-succeed-alongside-max-verstappen-at-red-bull-james-hinchcliffe-weighs-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/440736\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Isack Hadjar succeed alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull? James Hinchcliffe weighs in"},"content":{"rendered":"

F1 TV presenter James Hinchcliffe has weighed in on Isack Hadjar’s future at Red Bull, questioning whether the French-Algerian driver could break the team’s streak of struggling with its second driver.<\/p>\n

Hadjar secured the coveted seat alongside four-time champion Max Verstappen<\/a> after impressing during his rookie season with Racing Bulls<\/a>. But the move has come under scrutiny from fans and those within the paddock after years of the Milton Keynes outfit replacing drivers in the seat next to Verstappen.<\/p>\n

After replacing Sergio Perez<\/a> for the 2025 season, Liam Lawson<\/a> was demoted to Racing Bulls following just two race weekends. Yuki Tsunoda<\/a>, who took Lawson’s spot, remained with Red Bull until the end of 2025, but has now moved to a reserve driver role with Hadjar taking his place.<\/p>\n

Hinchcliffe analysed whether Hadjar could be the driver to end the streak at Red Bull.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s so many variables to that, it\u2019s so hard to know,” Hinchcliffe said during an appearance on The Red Flags Podcast<\/a>. “Because, yes, it\u2019s a new ruleset, right? But Red Bull\u2019s gone through several rulesets and the Verstappen\/team-mate relationship has kind of been the same throughout them, right?<\/p>\n

“But it\u2019s the first one that\u2019s not Newey-inspired, so is there something to that? Is there something about the way that Adrian designs cars that is just that much trickier to drive?<\/p>\n

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Isack Hadjar, Red Bull Racing<\/p>\n

Photo by: Red Bull Content Pool<\/p>\n

“DC\u2019s [David Coulthard<\/a>] telling is he doesn\u2019t really care about the drivers\u2019 feelings. ‘This is the fastest way to build a car, you figure out how to drive it, that\u2019s your job. My job is to build the fastest car, your job is to drive it as quickly as possible.’<\/p>\n

“So, without that mentality, if they\u2019re going to try to build a car that\u2019s a little more forgiving, maybe more all-rounding, give up a little bit of pure pace for a little bit of drivability, that could play into Hadjar\u2019s benefit.<\/p>\n

“That could play into his hand and make him look like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m the guy who closed the gap to Max\u2019, when there might be more to the story.<\/p>\n

“Obviously, he’s phenomenally talented. And with a complete rule set, it’s as good a chance as anyone has.”<\/p>\n

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