{"id":609377,"date":"2026-09-23T16:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T16:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/609377\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T16:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T16:32:12","slug":"red-bull-confirm-2027-f1-driver-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/609377\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull confirm 2027 F1 driver line-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Red Bull has announced it has extended the contract of Isack Hadjar, keeping him at the team for the 2027 F1 campaign.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Hadjar joined Red Bull this year after an impressive rookie season in 2025 which peaked at the Dutch Grand Prix, where he bagged his maiden podium.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman was called up to replace Yuki Tsunoda as the sport underwent a significant regulation shift this year.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Although Red Bull has slipped down the pecking order, Hadjar has impressed with his performances, scoring a consistent run of top-six finishes this season.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>At the Monaco Grand Prix, he bagged third place and his first podium for the Milton Keynes-based squad &#8211; although the final result was only confirmed months after the fact due to an appeal process involving multiple teams.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Hadjar&#8217;s F1 season took an unwelcome turn during the summer break when he suffered a wrist injury.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>It subsequently ruled him out of the following three races, with Liam Lawson called up from Racing Bulls to replace him.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>However, just a couple of days after Red Bull confirmed his return from injury, it announced that the 21-year-old will remain at the team next year.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Hadjar will once again line-up alongside Max Verstappen, whose own future had major question marks earlier this year amid his criticism of the sport&#8217;s direction.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The four-time champion ultimately opted to extend his stay at Red Bull, penning a new deal until the end of the 2030 season.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red Bull has announced it has extended the contract of Isack Hadjar, keeping him at the team for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3518,3521,3519,3522,3520,3517,3515,42,3513,3516,3514,43,3512,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-609377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-headlines","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-news","tag-racing","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}