Isack Hadjar has joined the likes of Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo in earning a promotion from the famed Red Bull junior programme to an F1 race seat.
Hadjar has been confirmed as a 2025 Racing Bulls driver, thus completing next year's grid, after Liam Lawson stepped up to the senior Red Bull team to replace Sergio Perez.
He becomes the 17th different driver on the junior programme to be handed a drive at either the senior Red Bull team or the squad which has been known as Toro Rosso, AlphaTauri, RB, and is now Racing Bulls.
Of those 17, two have become world champions and a further three have become grand prix winners, although one (Carlos Sainz) was outside of the Red Bull ecosystem when he did so.
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Drivers promoted to F1 from the Red Bull junior programme
| Driver | Years | Red Bull teams driven for |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Klien | 2005-2006 | Red Bull |
| Scott Speed | 2006-2007 | Toro Rosso, Red Bull |
| Vitantonio Liuzzi | 2006-2007 | Red Bull |
| Sebastian Vettel | 2007-2014 | Toro Rosso, Red Bull |
| Sebastien Buemi | 2009-2011 | Toro Rosso |
| Jaime Alguersauri | 2009-2011 | Toro Rosso |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 2012-2018, 2023-2024 | Toro Rosso, Red Bull, AlphaTauri, RB |
| Jean-Eric Vergne | 2012-2014 | Toro Rosso |
| Danill Kvyat | 2014-2017, 2019-2020 | Toro Rosso, Red Bull, AlphaTauri |
| Carlos Sainz | 2015-2017 | Toro Rosso |
| Max Verstappen | 2015-present | Toro Rosso, Red Bull |
| Pierre Gasly | 2017-2022 | Toro Rosso, Red Bull, AlphaTauri |
| Brendon Hartley | 2017-2018 | Toro Rosso |
| Alex Albon | 2019-2021 | Toro Rosso, Red Bull |
| Yuki Tsunoda | 2021-present | AlphaTauri, RB, Racing Bulls |
| Liam Lawson | 2023-present | AlphaTauri, RB, Red Bull |
| Isack Hadjar | 2025 onwards | Racing Bulls |
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