{"id":78259,"date":"2025-08-18T08:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78259\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T08:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:25:07","slug":"2025-formula-1-mid-season-driver-rankings-10-isack-hadjar-%c2%b7-racefans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78259\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Formula 1 mid-season driver rankings #10: Isack Hadjar \u00b7 RaceFans"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the first nine rounds, Isack Hadjar<\/a> looked the obvious pick to be top rookie so far this season. He\u2019s endured a lean spell since then, and fellow newcomer Gabriel Bortoleto has raised his game, but Hadjar has nonetheless made a strong start following his promotion to Formula 1.<\/p>\n

He began the year facing the considerably more experienced Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> at Racing Bulls. That changed after just two races, but Hadjar was already giving a good account of himself in qualifying, beating Tsunoda in his last appearance before being moved into Red Bull\u2019s other team.<\/p>\n

So by his third grand prix Hadjar was already facing his second different team mate in Liam Lawson<\/a>. But if Hadjar\u2019s humiliating pre-race retirement at a wet Melbourne raised doubts over his potential, he answered them with a fine showing on his first visit to Suzuka. He overcame considerable pain to take seventh on the grid and only lost a position to Lewis Hamilton as he claimed the first points of his career.<\/p>\n

After a sub-par weekend in Bahrain, Hadjar earned his next point in Jeddah with a smart pass on Fernando Alonso<\/a> following a Safety Car restart. He could have had another in Miami had he managed to stay within five seconds of the penalised Red Bull driver.<\/p>\n

Hadjar soon began to look like a regular in Q3 and the points. He could have started higher than he did at Imola but still topped up his tally with ninth.<\/p>\n

In Monaco he rebounded from a tricky build-up to produce another excellent qualifying performance at one of the toughest grand prix tracks. He duly converted it for a best-yet of sixth in what passed for an F1 race around the principality. <\/p>\n

Isack Hadjar<\/p>\n

Best
\nWorst<\/p>\n

GP start
\n5
\n14<\/p>\n

GP finish
\n6
\n20<\/p>\n

Points
\n22<\/p>\n

But his run of top 10 finishes came to an end after his drive to seventh in Spain (where he lost one place to a fresh-tyred Nico Hulkenberg<\/a> near the end). In Canada and Austria he didn\u2019t look quick enough for points, but team mate Lawson took a strong sixth at the latter.<\/p>\n

Hadjar could do little to avoid hitting Andrea Kimi Antonelli<\/a> in blind spray at Silverstone. Although he picked up a point in the Spa sprint race, a technical problem in the grand prix left him plummeting down the order.<\/p>\n

He qualified in the top 10 again in Hungary but was out-run to the points places by Lawson. Hadjar\u2019s team mate has now out-scored him 16-1 over the last four rounds, indicating F1\u2019s top rookie at the moment may have a tougher time in the second half of the season.<\/p>\n

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