Isack Hadjar had a day to remember at the Dutch Grand Prix, as he secured a sensational fourth place on the grid for Sunday’s Grand Prix.

The pole position battle, as expected, came down to the McLaren duo of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, the former winning out. But, few expected Hadjar to put his Racing Bulls car on the second row of the grid, where he will have Max Verstappen – potentially his future Red Bull teammate – for company.

Isack Hadjar: A star is born at Zandvoort?

Additional reporting by Thomas Maher

By his own admission, Hadjar often fails to be cheerful enough about his own achievements. That was not the case at Zandvoort.

Fourth represents Hadjar’s best qualifying result yet in Formula 1, and he gave himself the due credit.

“Very happy,” he declared to the media

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