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Frenchman Isack Hadjar has been promoted to Red Bull’s second team to race alongside Japanese Yuki Tsunoda during the 2025 Formula 1 season.<\/b><\/p>\n
The announcement fills the final seat on the 20-car F1 grid.<\/p>\n
Hadjar is a replacement at the team that will now be known as Racing Bulls for Liam Lawson, who has been switched to Red Bull<\/a> after they dropped Sergio Perez.<\/p>\n Hadjar, 20, finished second in Formula 2 last season to Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto, who will be racing for Audi-owned Sauber in F1 next year.<\/p>\n Racing Bulls team principal Laurent Mekies said: “Isack’s journey to F1has been nothing short of outstanding. He has shown remarkable growth, with a series of impressive results in the junior single-seater ranks.<\/p>\n “He has the talent and drive necessary to compete at the highest level, and we have every confidence that he will adapt quickly and make a significant impact. I believe Isack and Yuki will make a great team.”<\/p>\n Hadjar said: “The journey from karting through the ranks in single-seaters, to now being in F1 is the moment I’ve been working towards my whole life, it is the dream.<\/p>\n “I feel like I’m stepping into a whole new universe, driving a much faster car and racing with the best drivers in the world. It’ll be a huge learning curve, but I’m ready to work hard and do the best I can for the team.”<\/p>\n The announcement also effectively confirms a change in a way of referring to the team for next year.<\/p>\n Red Bull’s second team raced as RB in 2024 but the Lawson and Hadjar announcements this week have both referred to them as Racing Bulls.<\/p>\n The initials RB were short for Racing Bulls, and were used because the company felt that the full team name including its title sponsor, a credit card company, was too wordy.<\/p>\n But the team’s email addresses all used the name Racing Bulls this year, and now Red Bull has decided the original name will be used after all.<\/p>\n Racing Bulls chief executive officer Peter Bayer said last month: “The only question throughout the year was: ‘What does RB mean, what does RB mean? Now we’re making it official: RB means Racing Bulls.”<\/p>\n The new name was reflected on the official FIA F1 2025 entry list,, external<\/span><\/a> which was published last week. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n