{"id":402890,"date":"2025-09-06T14:49:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/402890\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T14:49:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:49:53","slug":"red-bull-rules-out-2025-f1-driver-swap-despite-isack-hadjars-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/402890\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull rules out 2025 F1 driver swap despite Isack Hadjar\u2019s form"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red Bull<\/a> has ruled out any further line-up changes in the 2025 Formula 1 season, despite Racing Bulls<\/a> driver Isack Hadjar<\/a>\u2019s recent form.<\/p>\n

Hadjar became the fifth-youngest driver ever to climb atop an F1 podium at the Dutch GP, bringing his personal points tally to 37; that\u2019s over four times as many as Liam Lawson<\/a> and Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> have successively scored \u2013 nine \u2013 in Red Bull\u2019s second car.<\/p>\n

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While he previously was unsure he could handle the step up to Red Bull, Hadjar has gained confidence of late, and the 20-year-old Frenchman admitted on Thursday that he had a potential promotion \u201cin mind\u201d.<\/p>\n

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However, Hadjar also insisted there was \u2018no point\u2019 doing it now, with a second car that looks like a poisoned chalice, while he expects with the new technical rules for 2026 \u201cthere won’t be this talk of the second car thing\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies concurred in the Friday press conference, explicitly stating that any line-up change would happen over the winter \u2013 not before the end of the current season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made it very clear, very public, that we have time with our driver decision,\u201d Mekies said. \u201cWe have enough drivers between the driver programmes to cover quite a few scenarios for next year, and we don\u2019t have real reasons to rush into decisions.\u201d This refers to Red Bull protege and superlicence holder Arvid Lindblad, who currently lies seventh in his maiden F2 campaign and could be thrown into the mix regarding the 2026 line-up.<\/p>\n

Pole sitter Arvid Lindblad, Campos Racing\"Pole<\/p>\n

Pole sitter Arvid Lindblad, Campos Racing<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, we do not plan to change during the season. Yuki has been making a good step in the last three races. We all want more, but he\u2019s doing a good job. He was, for the first time, back in the points after seven races in Zandvoort. He was close enough to Max in Budapest, and had his best qualifying with the team in Spa. So he\u2019s on a positive trend.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s obviously extremely nice to watch Isack\u2019s progress in the Racing Bulls car. To see him performing at the level he did in the last race was a fantastic demonstration of how much progress he’s made this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut really, we are relaxed about the driver topic, because fundamentally we have all our cards on the Red Bull side, and we can take a few more weeks \u2013 or months \u2013 to decide. Of course, that doesn\u2019t mean we have to wait until the last race to decide, because we respect that it might impact our drivers one way or another. But for sure, we feel we have time right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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