Isack Hadjar Scores Career-Best F1 Result with Sixth Place in Monaco

Isack Hadjar capped off an impressive weekend by securing the best finish of his fledgling F1 career with a sixth-placed finish at the Monaco Grand Prix. The Visa Cash App Racing Bulls driver had already excelled in practice and qualifying before delivering a mature drive around the testing street circuit.

It was an excellent team display in Monte-Carlo as teammate Liam Lawson secured his first points of 2025 courtesy of an eighth-place finish.

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen finished in fourth place despite leading the most laps and sitting in first going into the penultimate lap. However, he had to make his second pit stop, meaning he missed out on a podium finish, while Oracle Red Bull Racing teammate Yuki Tsunoda finished in 17th position.

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MAX VERSTAPPEN - 4th

“It wasn’t the most exciting race for me today. At the end we stayed out waiting as I had a huge gap behind me, so was free to do what we wanted with our final pit stop. We had nothing to lose; the tyres were quite old and we couldn’t push so much but we had a big gap behind. We just kept at it to see if we got lucky with the safety car or a red flag. We did everything right and there wasn’t much more we could have done to change the result. Overall, the two stop format didn’t change much for me, it is a lottery about what is going to happen in the race as it is impossible to overtake here. You don’t push the car to the limit as you can’t pass the car, so we didn’t learn too much from the car today. It was not the most exciting race and I felt pretty neutral. This is not our track, it’s as simple as that and it is just not made for our car. In Barcelona we should be able to race more, so we will see what happens in the final race of the triple header.”

YUKI TSUNODA - 17th

“It has been a frustrating weekend for me overall but there was nothing I could do much differently today, it’s down to me to be qualifying better. For sure I didn’t help myself yesterday and I didn’t help my Team. If you Qualify that far behind, you can’t expect much to happen in your race here and you have created that situation. Not much happened in my race apart from Pierre crashing into me. I was stuck in a lot of traffic and it felt like the longest race ever. Monaco is not fun when you are just sitting or driving by yourself, you can’t create your rhythm when you are stuck behind people. I don’t feel like Monaco was too affected by the limitations to my car from Imola, the pace was alright and it felt good in FP3 and in Qualifying during Q1, I just wasn’t able to put it together overall. Hopefully next weekend I can put it all together and I need to do better overall.”

CHRISTIAN HORNER, CEO and Team Principal

“We rolled the dice today. It didn’t work and our best chance was a safety car or a red flag or VSC as you’re never going to overtake on track here. We went long with Max and he led a lot of the laps today but ultimately had to take that final stop. For Yuki we did the inverse, and pitted him on lap one, initially it looked like he would get significant benefit from it but then everyone started to drive extremely slowly, as they started playing around with their tactics. He was basically on the same set of tyres for the whole race and did his fastest laps at the end there when he finally got some clear air but it was done by then; an extremely difficult for him today. So, damage limitation today. We have only given away three points to Oscar, the Championship leader and we go into Barcelona within a race win and that was the target to hit this regulation change.”

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ISACK HADJAR - 6th

“It was a perfect Sunday for us. I’m really happy, and honestly, there was nothing more I could have done today in the race, so I consider it kind of a small victory. We had a plan and we executed it perfectly. I’m really proud of what we achieved today as a team, with Liam also bringing home a P8 and helping me out there. It was a big team effort, and a double-points finish is a nice reward for all of us. I found it quite interesting having to do two stops; there was much more to think about before the race, and we made it work today with our strategy. Since last week in Imola, we picked up some pace and made a step forward, something that we were able to carry on to Monaco. I’m confident and I’m looking forward to going back racing in Barcelona in a few days.”

LIAM LAWSON- 8th

“It was a great result for the team, and it’s always nice to come away with points, which isn’t the easiest around Monaco. Having both cars finish in the points was exactly what we needed. Everything came together nicely this weekend, and we executed the race perfectly. The strategy made sense for us today, with both cars qualifying well and showing strong pace throughout the weekend. The two-stop format didn’t make a huge difference for us, it can create more opportunities but today’s race played out fairly straight forwardly. The pace has been there for a few races now, so it was good to show it this weekend. Looking ahead to Barcelona, we’ll aim to keep the momentum going. It’s a very different kind of track, and we will need to get on top of the regulation changes, we will need to adapt as quickly as possible."

LAURENT MEKIES, Team Principal

"What a brilliant result! It’s hugely rewarding to get both cars into the points at one of the toughest races of the year. Our performance this weekend has been incredibly encouraging. Monaco is one of the most difficult races to manage from every aspect and everyone at the track, with vital support from those back in the factory, was on top of their game. Isack and Liam did not look like they were racing here for the first time in an F1 car and they have been incredible all weekend. Nothing came easily, and everyone had a very intense weekend to improve the car throughout the sessions. Ultimately it allowed us to put both our cars in Q3 yesterday. On a track where the driver really makes the difference, Isack and Liam deserve most of the credit for this result, and with the help of a great race strategy and teamwork from Liam, we got 12 more precious points. Our car is improving and now we go to Barcelona determined to keep fighting at the front of the midfield.”

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