BEYOND THE GRID: Isack Hadjar on being a ‘fighter’ and the champion he most wants to face as team mates

He took some blows on his climb to Formulation 1. However now, Isack Hadjar is toe-to-toe with the heavyweights.

Hadjar’s first F1 race was over earlier than it started when he slid off the track during the formation lap on a rain-soaked day in Australia. Within the newest episode of Beyond The Grid, the Racing Bulls driver tells host Tom Clarkson how earlier setbacks helped him get again on his ft and set up himself as the most effective younger drivers within the sport.

Hadjar describes himself as “a fighter”, and he picks the World Champion he most desires to withstand as group mates.

He talks in regards to the troublesome step from Formulation 2 to F1, life in Red Bull’s driver programme, how his dad and mom impressed him to achieve the very best degree, and the way he earned his nickname, ‘Le Petit Prost’.

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