{"id":394556,"date":"2025-09-03T12:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/394556\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:40:11","slug":"drivers-celebrate-isack-hadjars-first-f1-podium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/394556\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers celebrate Isack Hadjar’s first F1 podium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not every rookie podium feels like a watershed moment. Isack Hadjar<\/a>\u2019s did. At Zandvoort, the 20-year-old Frenchman didn\u2019t just take home a trophy, he stole the spotlight.<\/p>\n

From the hugs in the pit lane to the champagne spray on the podium, the celebrations told the story: everyone wanted to be part of his breakthrough.<\/p>\n

And when the cheers faded trackside, the party rolled on online, with drivers and fans filling his feed with praise.<\/p>\n

Celebrations on track<\/p>\n

Hadjar\u2019s first congratulations came straight from those closest to him. Team mate Liam Lawson<\/a> wrapped him in a hug, while fellow French drivers Esteban Ocon<\/a> and Pierre Gasly<\/a> added their own warm embraces. George Russell<\/a> also stopped by to share the moment.<\/p>\n

On the podium itself, Oscar Piastri<\/a> made sure Hadjar got the full treatment with a cheeky champagne spray. And sharing the rostrum with him, Max Verstappen<\/a> offered a handshake and a few words of encouragement, a surreal moment for Hadjar, who has long looked up to the Dutch superstar.<\/p>\n

Well-known team bosses like Red Bull<\/a>\u2019s Helmut Marko and McLaren<\/a>\u2019s Zak Brown made a point of congratulating the young Frenchman. For someone only a few months into his Formula 1 career, recognition like that showed just how big this moment was.<\/p>\n

Social Media lights up<\/p>\n

The celebrations didn\u2019t stop when the engines turned off. Online, Hadjar\u2019s podium quickly became one of the weekend\u2019s most talked-about moments, with tributes pouring in across Instagram.<\/p>\n

Ferrari<\/a>\u2019s Lewis Hamilton<\/a> led the way, posting in support of the rookie. Coming from one of the sport\u2019s most decorated champions, the gesture was more than just a nod, it was a powerful endorsement that amplified Hadjar\u2019s arrival on the big stage.<\/p>\n

Not far behind, Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon and Max Verstappen each shared their own tributes. For Gasly and Ocon, it was a proud moment to see another French driver join the spotlight. And Verstappen, fresh from celebrating his own home podium, still made time to congratulate the rookie standing beside him.<\/p>\n

The wave of support didn\u2019t stop there. Alex Albon<\/a> and Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> added their congratulations, George Russell gave Hadjar a nod of recognition online, and rising star Kimi Antonelli<\/a> made sure to celebrate the milestone too. Together, it felt like the entire grid wanted to welcome Hadjar into the spotlight.<\/p>\n

Hadjar\u2019s own post quickly became a wall of applause. Motorsport figures such as Sergio P\u00e9rez, Arthur Leclerc and fellow Frenchman and former F1 star Romain Grosjean were all in the comments. Even Lando Norris<\/a>, whose awful luck opened Hadjar’s window of opportunity, chipped in with his congratulations.<\/p>\n

Hadjar\u2019s first podium wasn\u2019t just a personal victory. It was a reminder of the camaraderie that still runs through F1. Fierce rivals on Sunday, but quick to unite when one of their own hits a milestone, the grid showed its brotherhood in full force.<\/p>\n

Hadjar may be a rookie, but on this weekend, he was welcomed into the F1 family for life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not every rookie podium feels like a watershed moment. Isack Hadjar\u2019s did. At Zandvoort, the 20-year-old Frenchman didn\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[4199,707,4200,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-394556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-f1","9":"tag-formula-1","10":"tag-formula1","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115140416234949375","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}