Isack Hadjar finished third in the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix and, with it, joined the list of drivers who have graced the podium for Red Bull Racing. The result gave the 2026 race in Monaco a fresh twist, with Hadjar’s drive to P3 turning into the kind of breakthrough that lands quickly in Formula 1 history.
The timing mattered because Monaco delivered the result in full view of the season’s front-runners. Antonelli won the race and took his fifth victory of the season, while Hadjar held on for third after one of the most pressured afternoons on the calendar. For Red Bull Racing, the finish added another name to a podium list that now includes nine drivers, with Hadjar becoming the latest to make that step.
Hadjar’s performance stood out because Monaco gives drivers little room to recover from mistakes, and the margin for a podium is usually measured in moments rather than seconds. A clean run through the narrow streets was enough to put him among the top three, and the result carried added weight because it arrived in a race where Antonelli controlled the finish from the front.
Then came the moment that shifted the shape of the race. Leclerc crashed out on the Safety Car restart, and the incident removed one of the local favourites from contention just as the field was preparing for the final push. Hadjar did not need chaos to earn his place on the podium, but the restart underlined how quickly Monaco can turn, and how much value there is in simply keeping the car alive to the end.
That is what makes this finish matter beyond the single afternoon. Red Bull Racing has a new podium scorer in Hadjar, and Monaco has given him a result that will travel with him through the rest of the season. The unanswered question now is how quickly he can turn one of Formula 1’s most punishing weekends into a pattern, rather than a one-off.
