The start of the F1 season is approaching. If some transfers caused a sensation, one of the protagonists stands out.
Never has a Formula 1 season have been so expected. After the new title of world champion of Max Verstappen who joined a French legend, Alain Prost and his four titles, the year 2025 promises to be spectacular with McLaren who is now the best manufacturer and Ferrari who will align the enticing duo Leclerc-Hamilton.
Among the French, the year is also announced under the best auspices with three pilots on the starting grid: Esteban Ocon at Haas in a new challenge, Pierre Gasly still at Alpine and especially a new new one, the vice world champion F2 , Isack Hadjar at Racing Bulls, the little sister of the Red Bull stable.
Logically, the Frenchman has the least lucrative contract on the planet F1, very far from the 75 million in the year of Max Verstappen or the 60 million of the Lewis Hamilton world champion.
With a one -year contract for the moment, Isack Hadjar will still receive around 800,000 euros per year, or around 66,000 euros per month. Figures that are only estimates because, with some bonuses, his salary could reach a little more than a million euros a year, or around 100,000 euros per month. A salary that remains substantial, even if Pierre Gasly or Estaban Ocon, his two compatriots, receive 10 and 6 million euros respectively per year.
Rookie, Isack Hadjar who benefits from a big rating in the Red Bull family, will still have to prove himself quickly and play the leading roles in his stable next to the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda. Just above, Max Verstappen’s Red Bull will have a whole new teammate this year with Liam Lawson. In the event of a counter performance of the New Zealand, associated with good French results, a promotion could be possible during the season …
In the meantime, the Frenchman addresses this season with a real ambition and some concerns all the same. “”I want to pilot for Red Bull, but only if I’m good enough, certainly not before. This year is a year of learning for me “, he launched before the start of the season.