Isack Hadjar is ready to step up to Red Bull Racing. That’s a telling admission from one of his main rivals for the seat, Liam Lawson.

Hadjar and Lawson are, at least on paper, the two drivers vying to replace Yuki Tsunoda as Max Verstappen’s F1 2026 teammate, although the Japanese driver isn’t out of the running himself.

Liam Lawson is one of three drivers fighting for the Red Bull seat

Lawson had that seat at the beginning of this season when he was promoted ahead of Tsunoda despite completing just 11 races with Red Bull’s sister team, Racing Bulls, over two seasons.

He was demoted back to Racing Bulls after just two race weekends as he struggled to immediately gel with the RB21, and failed to get past the first hurdle in qualifying in three attempts with back-to-back P20s in the tw

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