Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies is not feeling any pressure to make a decision over which driver should partner Max Verstappen from F1 2026.

Racing Bulls star Isack Hadjar has long since been in the conversation due to his impressive rookie campaign, but the Red Bull promotion calls grew significantly louder after the Dutch Grand Prix. At Zandvoort, Hadjar scored his very first F1 podium, and Racing Bulls’ first since 2021.

Isack Hadjar: Future Red Bull star?

Additional reporting by Thomas Maher

While it may have been due to Lando Norris’ retirement that Hadjar was promoted to the podium, make no mistake about it, the achievement was earned.

Hadjar qualified a career-best fourth for the Grand Prix, placing himself on row two alongside Red Bull’s reigning four-time World Champion V

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