Purple Bull have confirmed Isack Hadjar will stay as Max Verstappen’s team-mate for the 2027 System 1 season.
Hadjar stepped as much as Purple Bull at first of this 12 months after a formidable debut marketing campaign with Racing Bulls in 2025 however has missed the final three rounds because of a wrist damage he suffered throughout final month’s summer season break.
However the 21-year-old is now match sufficient to drive and is again at this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which takes place on Saturday.
Purple Bull had already introduced final month that four-time world champion Verstappen signed a brand new contract to remain on the workforce till a minimum of the top of 2030.
“We’re very excited to proceed our journey with Isack. Since becoming a member of us at first of the 12 months, he has been excellent on and off observe, particularly contemplating that is solely his second System 1 season, which made extending his contract a simple resolution,” mentioned Purple Bull workforce principal Laurent Mekies.
“From the very starting, Isack immersed himself within the workforce, spending each minute on the manufacturing facility along with his engineers to develop the automotive, all the time desirous to study and enhance.
“You can see from that first weekend in Melbourne that he dealt with the step up with exceptional composure and had earned his place on this seat.”
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Pierre Gasly and Isack Hadjar go to Cirque Du Soleil to attempt their hand at some hilarious stunts!
The second Purple Bull seat alongside Verstappen is extensively considered the hardest on the F1 grid after a number of drivers together with Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda all struggled in opposition to the Dutchman.
However, Hadjar has been nearer to Verstappen than these drivers and has even received the higher of his team-mate at instances this season, so his seat has not come below scrutiny.
Regardless of lacking the final three race weekends, Hadjar remains to be eighth within the Drivers’ Championship and reclaimed his Monaco Grand Prix podium after Purple Bull and McLaren efficiently appealed Gasly’s overturned rushing penalties.
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Isack Hadjar has been reinstated to the Monaco podium after a Purple Bull enchantment with Alpine expressing frustration as Pierre Gasly’s penalty for rushing in pit lane is restored
“The interval since his damage has been a troublesome one for Isack, however this extension is a testomony to how a lot we imagine in him and we won’t wait to see him again out on observe,” continued Mekies.
“We nonetheless have so much we wish to obtain this season, however it’s an important feeling to know that the drivers, engineers and everybody again on the manufacturing facility are all heading in the identical path, dedicated and collectively.”
Sky Sports activities F1’s Azerbaijan GP dwell schedule
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Look again at a number of the most dramatic moments to have taken place across the Baku Metropolis Circuit
Thursday September 24
6.55am: F2 Observe
9am: Azerbaijan GP Observe One (session begins at 9.30am)*
10.55am: F2 Qualifying*
12pm: Workforce Bosses’ Press Convention
12.30pm: Azerbaijan GP Observe Two (session begins at 1pm)
2.15pm: The F1 Present
Friday September 25
5.10am: F2 Dash*
9.15am: Azerbaijan GP Observe Three (session begins at 9.30am)*
11.10am: F2 Characteristic Race 1*
12.30pm: Azerbaijan GP Qualifying build-up*
1PM: AZERBAIJAN GP QUALIFYING*
3pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book
Saturday September 26
7.55am: F2 Characteristic Race 2
10.30am: Grand Prix Sunday: Azerbaijan GP build-up*
12PM: THE AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX*
2pm: Chequered Flag: Azerbaijan GP response*
3pm: Ted’s Pocket book*
*additionally dwell on Sky Sports activities Foremost Occasion
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