Racing Bulls rookie Isack Hadjar ready to learn on the job in his first F1 weekend in Australia
Team RB driver Isack Hadjar of France poses for the drivers portrait photo session ahead of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park, in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Racing Bulls rookie Isack Hadjar is heading into the season-opening Formula 1 weekend in Australia with fewer than 500 laps in a Grand Prix car to prepare. The 20-year-old Hadjar finished runner-up in F2 last season with four victories — two more than champion Gabriel Bortoleto, who is now with Sauber. The French driver has had just four practice sessions in F1 and last year’s post-season test for the Red Bull program. He says “it’s enough” ahead of his first F1 race weekend: “I need to do my first race. You need to learn on the job for that.”
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