What racing number for Isack Hadjar in Formula 1?

In 2025, Isack Hadjar will be a pilot of Formula 1 with Racing Bulls. The Francilien will join his compatriots Pierre Gasly et Esteban Ocon on the grid and will become the eleventh French driver to start a Grand Prix in the 1st century. An arrival in Formula XNUMX also comes with choices that will follow him throughout his career in the premier category, including... the choice of permanent number. On this point, the protégé of the fold Red Bull didn't have to think for very long!

From next year, for his first year in F1, Isack Hadjar will wear the number 6. A choice confirmed by Racing Bulls, but which was already implied in an Instagram post by the Tricolore driver, who had published a photo of himself as a child aboard a kart bearing the number 6 the day after it was made official, with the description: “Road to F1: Completed! Chapter 2 begins now! #6.” Isack Hadjar has yet to explain the reason for this particular number, but he seems to have been associated with this number since his younger years in motorsport.

If it ain't broken… don't SIX it 🫡@Isack_Hadjar will be taking his driver number from his karting days into F1.#F1 #VCARB pic.twitter.com/wMjxXOEQXw

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No. 6, a champion number

The number 6 has a special place in Formula 1: after the number 1 and the number 5, it is the number that has seen the most drivers become world champions. On six occasions (you couldn't make it up), a driver has won the title with the number 6 in the history of the discipline: Mike Hawthorn in 1958 (worn during the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix, where he won the title), Emerson Fittipaldi in 1972 (worn during the 1972 Italian Grand Prix, where he won the title), Keke Rosberg in 1982, Nelson Piquet in 1987, Kimi Räikkönen in 2007 and Nico Rosberg in 2016.

Since the introduction of permanent numbers in 2014, two drivers have already chosen number 6: Nico Rosberg (2014-2016) and Nicholas latifi (2020-2022). The number 6 is available again from 2025 since the Canadian left Formula 1 more than two years ago. Isack Hadjar will therefore become the third driver to wear this number, making it the most chosen racing number since 2014! Among the other rookies of the 2025 season, Gabriel Bortoleto chose the number 5, Jack Doohan the number 7, Andrea Kimi Antonelli the number 12 and Oliver Bearman the number 87.

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