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Rapid rookies and trackside faux pas: Jak Crawford and Isack Hadjar on life as Hitech Pulse-Eight teammates
The Red Bull Junior duo making a name for themselves on the 2023 Formula 2 grid, it seems there’s no shortage of behind-the-scenes laughter for Jak Crawford and Isack Hadjar wherever they’ve been this season.
Testing how well the Hitech Pulse-Eight pair know each other, the two rookies delve into the good, the bad and the sometimes-awkward moments of being teammates.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR TEAMMATE?
Jak Crawford: “Describe Isack? Shall I look into his eyes? He’s funny, he’s fast and he’s short.”
Isack Hadjar: “He’s quite hairy! Most of the time he’s naked – and he’s fast.”
WHAT IS YOUR TEAMMATE’S BEST QUALITY?
Crawford: “I don’t have any qualities.”
Hadjar: “I admire how he can put a lap together, it’s quite good I would say.”
Crawford: “I think Isack’s very on it straight away.”
IF YOUR TEAMMATE WASN’T A RACING DRIVER, WHAT WOULD THEY DO FOR A JOB?
Crawford: “I think you’d just be running around Paris, maybe he’d be a quantum physicist.”
Hadjar: “I think Jak would be a chef.”
Crawford: “A chef?”
Hadjar: “I’ve seen that you can cook steaks quite well, but in another universe maybe that could be you.”
Crawford: “Yeah me on the barbecue.”
Hadjar: “He loves steaks.”
WHAT IS THEIR MOST ANNOYING HABIT?
Hadjar: “He doesn’t have one, obviously!”
Crawford: “Hmm, should I be mean?”
Hadjar: “Yeah, wait no! Skip, skip, skip.”
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WHO’S THE FUNNIEST?
Crawford: “Me!”
Hadjar: “Me!”
WHAT’S THE MOST EMBARASSING THING YOU’VE DONE WHILE BEING ON THE SAME TEAM?
Hadjar: “I’m trying to think of a crazy one. Thinking about each race – in Bahrain, nothing happened. It’s probably him getting naked while my parents walked into the truck.”
Crawford: “Who? Me?”
Hadjar: “Yeah, I think that was quite bad.”
Crawford: “I didn’t even know that happened.”
Hadjar: “He’s always facing the wall of the truck and thinks no one looks at him.”
Crawford: “Everyone stares at me I guess.”
IF YOU HAD TO COOK A MEAL FOR THE OTHER, WHAT WOULD YOU COOK?
Hadjar: “Oh easy, some steak.”
Crawford: “I could cook him some salmon, very healthy.”
WHO’S THE BETTER LOOKING?
Crawford: “Me!”
Hadjar: “Got to be Jaky, he’s taller.”
Crawford: “See, he knows. Isack’s got curls as well, his are just a bit more wavy.”
WHO KNOWS THE MOST ABOUT CARS?
Hadjar: “On cars I’m quite bad.”
Crawford: “I feel like I don’t know anything really about cars themselves, but with motorsport I think we both know quite a lot.”
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WHO’S ON THEIR PHONE THE MOST AND WHO TAKES THE LONGEST TO REPLY TO MESSAGES?
Hadjar: “Jak!”
Crawford: “I’m on my phone the most?”
Hadjar: “Yes and he takes the longest to reply, I would say so.”
Crawford: “Instagram reels are addictive.”
Hadjar: “Being on TikTok before Quali. I’m quicker at replying than him, but he’s one of the quickest to reply on WhatsApp. On Snapchat, it could be weeks, but on WhatsApp he’s pretty good. His average would be like 20 minutes, it’s impressive.”
WHAT’S THE BIGGEST THING YOU’VE LEARNT FROM EACH OTHER?
Hadjar: “Jak is smarter than he looks, way smarter obviously. Honestly, it’s a compliment because I’m working with him, I’m on the sim with him, doing prep with him and he’s a smart guy.
Crawford: “Thank you. Biggest thing I’ve learnt is to probably turn in later, if only I’d applied it earlier in the year.”
WHO SPENDS THE MOST TIME IN THE GYM AND WHO IS ON THE SIMULATOR THE MOST?
Hadjar: “We don’t live together so it’s hard to know.”
Crawford: “I’d say we’re probably the same, maybe I do a bit more time in the sim because I’m a bit closer to the factory.”
WHAT’S ONE THING YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO TELL YOUR TEAMMATE BUT HAVEN’T DONE SO YET?
Crawford: “I love you.”
Hadjar: “There’s nothing. If I had to tell him something I’d tell him. No secrets, nothing at all.”
WHO WOULD WIN IN AN ARM-WRESTLING MATCH?
Hadjar: “Me!”
Crawford: “Okay, let’s try it.”
Hadjar wins