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Isack Hadjar & Richard Wood Pérez’s former performance engineer, now running Red Bull’s second car with its 2026 promotee.
New for 2026[1] [2] 1 season New in 2026 Isack Hadjar’s driver profile →
Results Together New for 2026. Grand Prix starts only.
2026 season Championship position and points include sprints.
Driver career Since 2025, with every team and engineer.
Up to round 17, Singapore Grand Prix (2026-10-11).[3]
On the radio Azerbaijan Grand Prix, 2026 · Running behind Verstappen; unaired at the time. Wood Isack, if you had free air, how much faster could you go?
Hadjar Two, three, tenths only. Gap will stay here forever to be honest.
Hadjar Ok, but I have pace, just in case
Wood Ok, copy, I’m working on it.
Transcript as published[4]
Race engineer Richard Wood “Woody” British
Isack Hadjar's race engineer at Red Bull.[1] [2]
Education Mechanical engineering, University of Strathclyde.[5]
Career 2012–15 Industrial placement in Red Bull’s strategy department, then a permanent analyst role.[5] [2] 2016–20 Race support engineer across test and simulator programmes.[5] 2021–24 Sergio Pérez’s performance engineer, deputising as his race engineer during Hugh Bird’s 2024 paternity leave.[5] [1] 2025 Race engineer to Liam Lawson for two rounds, then Yuki Tsunoda.[5] [6] 2026– Race engineer to Hadjar.[1] Previously engineered Liam Lawson, Yuki Tsunoda
Performance engineer Not publicly confirmed Tom Hart’s 2026 role covers both Red Bull cars; no dedicated performance engineer has been publicly named.[7]
Engineering lead at Red Bull Racing Gianpiero Lambiase Head of racing (also Verstappen’s race engineer)[8] [9]
Tom McCullough takes over as lead race engineer in 2027.
Worth knowing Hadjar missed the Dutch, Italian and Spanish Grands Prix with a wrist injury and returned at Baku.[10]