Securing his first Formula 1 podium at the Dutch Grand Prix, Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has refuted any suggestion that Isack Hadjar wasn’t permitted to challenge Max Verstappen for second place.

Hadjar secured his maiden Formula 1 podium at Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix as the Racing Bull’s driver brought his car home in third place, taking the chequered flag only two seconds down on Red Bull driver Max Verstappen.

Isack Hadjar claims first F1 podium at Dutch Grand Prix

Additional reporting by Thomas Maher

The only organisation with two Formula 1 teams on the grid, Red Bull and Racing Bull lined up third and fourth on the Zandvoort grid with Verstappen ahead of Hadjar.

They were up against McLaren’s front row lock-out of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris with Mercedes’ George Ru

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