Hadjar says he misses working with Helmut Marko

Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar has admitted he misses working with Helmut Marko, the team's former senior advisor and young driver programme boss, who left Red Bull at the end of 2025. Hadjar rose through the Red Bull Junior Team under Marko's watch, claiming three wins in his rookie Formula 3 season before graduating to Formula 2 and then Formula 1 with Racing Bulls.

Asked about the team's atmosphere without Marko and former team principal Christian Horner, who was sacked after last year's British Grand Prix, Hadjar said he could not comment on Horner as he was not in the team at the time. On Marko, he was clear: "But I miss working with Helmut for sure."

Hadjar has three podium finishes in Formula 1 this season, and team principal Laurent Mekies said his Brazilian Grand Prix drive, in wet-dry-wet conditions, was the best race he had produced for the team in terms of pure pace.