The 2026 Oracle Red Bull Racing and Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team lineups have been solidified for the 2026 Formula 1 season, the teams announced Dec. 2.
Isack Hadjar headlines the move as he makes the jump from Racing Bulls to the Red Bull for 2026, replacing Yuki Tsunoda as Max Verstappen‘s teammate.
In Hadjar’s place, Arvid Lindblad will make his F1 debut with Racing Bulls as a teammate to Liam Lawson.
Tsunoda, meanwhile, becomes Red Bull’s testing and reserve driver for the season.
“I’m so grateful to Oracle Red Bull Racing for giving me the opportunity and trust to race at the highest level of Formula 1,” Hadjar said in a team release. “After all the hard work I have put in since joining the junior team, it’s such a great reward. I’ve had many ups and downs throughout my career, and they kept believing and pushing me.
“This year with Visa Cash App Racing Bulls has been absolutely amazing, I’ve learnt a lot and secured a maiden podium. I feel I’m much better as a racing driver and a person, due to the team‘s support and preparation. I feel ready to go to Oracle Red Bull Racing and I am happy and proud they feel the same. It’s an awesome move, to work with the best and learn from Max is something I can’t wait for.”
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“Yuki has raced in Red Bull colors for seven years now and I have had the pleasure of working with him at both Red Bull teams,” Red Bull’s Laurent Mekies added. “Through his five seasons so far in Formula 1, Yuki has matured into a complete racer, good over a single lap on Saturday and capable of exceptional starts and excellent race craft on Sunday. Everyone in the sport would agree it is impossible not to like Yuki, his personality is infectious, and he has become a very special part of the Red Bull family. On behalf of everyone at Red Bull, I thank him for what he has contributed so far and we know he will provide invaluable support to the 2026 projects moving forward.
“As for Isack, in his first F1 season, he has displayed great maturity and proved to be a quick learner. Most importantly, he has demonstrated the raw speed that is the number one requirement in this sport. We believe Isack can thrive alongside Max and produce the magic on track! 2026 will be a huge challenge for the team and for Red Bull Ford Powertrains, these are exciting times, and I am looking forward to seeing what we can do together.”
In 2025, his first season in F1, Hadjar finished 10th in points with a best result of third at the Dutch Grand Prix.
Lindblad drove in Formula 2 for Campos Racing in 2025 and has earned two wins so far this season.
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Will RBR finally have a car which someone in the world not named Max Verstappen has the skill to handle at competitive speeds? For Hadjar’s sake I hope so, but he has to be nervous taking this step.
They picked Lawson and then changed him for Yuki. Now they don’t want Yuki and change him for Hadjar. They just seem to be throwing darts at a board.