Hadjar says F1 season is ending too soon after missed races

Isack Hadjar says he is sad the 2026 Formula 1 season is already nearing its end: he still feels he has “a lot left in the tank”. He also said he did not know how many more races would be run.

He pointed to the time lost earlier in the year. The Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix were cancelled, while a wrist injury sustained during the summer break kept him out for two months and cost him the Dutch, Italian and Spanish rounds. He did not race between the Hungarian GP on 26 July and the Azerbaijan GP on 26 September.

Hadjar said the lay-off had not disrupted his momentum. He considered the timing fortunate because he remembered the three races he missed as difficult and said he returned as the car took a step forward. Even so, he felt he had not driven much this year.

F1 had signalled that Qatar and Abu Dhabi would go ahead, though renewed Middle East tensions still left a slim chance that Las Vegas would be the season finale.

Hadjar has taken three podiums in his first Red Bull season, at Monaco, Baku and São Paulo. He said the car had been a second off the pace at the Japanese Grand Prix but was now winning races and fighting for podiums; Red Bull’s ability to progress quickly, he added, made him hopeful for 2027.