WATCH: Oliver Bearman shares fan boy moment of Isack Hadjar with Lewis Hamilton

Six rookie drivers will compete in Formula 1 in 2025, including 20-year-old French-Algerian Isack Hadjar, who made his Racing Bulls debut after placing second in the previous year's F2 rankings. He talked about his most memorable feelings and thoughts as the season-opening Australian Grand Prix draws near. 

During the interview with six rookie drivers who are part of Formula 1 2025 this season, the rookie drivers were asked who they looked up to when they started. Oliver Bearman pointed out that Isack Hadjar loves Lewis Hamilton. Later, Oliver Bearman shared an incident about Hadjar waving his hand to Lewis Hamilton mid-race at the Mexican GP. Later, he also shares the wholesome moment that took place between Isack Hadjar and Lewis Hamilton.

Watch the video here:

Who were the drivers that you looked up to when you started?

Ollie: “He [Isack] loves Lewis Hamilton.“

Isack: “Big Lewis fan, big Lewis fan.”

Ollie: “I know he loves Lewis Hamilton because we did the FP1 together in Mexico and he was like ‘I’m going to wave to Lewis when we… pic.twitter.com/kgAmNwjOdA

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During the pre-season shoot, Isack Hadjar jumped down from his position to give the seven-time world champion a fist bump and meet him, enjoying a healthy moment with the driver. Hadjar will race against Hamilton for the first time when he takes the starting lineup at the season opener in Melbourne. The two have, however, already shared the racetrack when the Red Bull junior driver made his AlphaTauri FP1 debut.

Career-changing point for Lewis Hamilton 

The turning point came towards the end of the F2 championship, when the optimism around him became palpable, and after the final race in Abu Dhabi, he received a call from Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko to sign his contract. Hadjar's promotion to F1 was a wild experience. Ahead of Australian GP Lewis Hamilton is going through a serious transition at the same time that Hadjar is getting ready for the most important event in his nascent career.

After a 12-year with Mercedes, he left for Ferrari at the end of the 2024 season.  Hamilton had a great first two days of pre-season testing after going through a rigorous off-season TPC (testing of prior cars) program in January and early February. On Thursday, he even posted the quickest lap time of the morning session.