Formula One Rookie Isackat Hadjar has two flags in his room, French tricolor and a red star of Algeria and a crescent on green and white.

Born in Paris for the parents of Algeria scientists and the French license competition, Racing Bulls driver stands out at the highest level of sports for its North African heritage as well as results.

“I feel to represent two countries,” Double-National said Reuters In Saudi Arabia last weekend.

“I’m the first Arabic driver on the planet to make it on Formula 1. It’s huge, but it went under the radar, no one cares, it’s already huge.”

Record books show another North African driver since the 1950 World Cup started, French born Robert La caze competing as Moroccan in 1958. When that country was racing in the race.

Since then, Brazilian Felipe Nasr – which raced in F1 in 2015-16. And whose grandfather emigrated from Lebanon in South America in the 1960s, she was the closest formula that drivers from the Arab world had.

Now the four races are in the Middle East, and there is no one with a domestic driver. Africa is not even at the calendar.

Hadjar’s debut in Melbourne left him crying in frustration after collapsing in the wing of formation, but the 20-year-old bought it with five points from two races.

“Hadjar is the surprise of the season,” said Red Bull Motorsport Consultant Helmut Marko after Japan. “He is calm and always there … He is a really big guy who comes for the future.”

‘Petit stupid’

Marko has long ago in Hadjar as “Petit Prost” – seemingly impressive with the world in the four-time world champion in France Alain.

Hadjar, who at the time was a larger fan of Kadraka and Rival, and the rivals of the Ayrton, Grimic and said the reason is more fresh.

“I just chewed my nails and said” Yes, like simple, “he recalled. “He told me this. Like a simple. That’s all. It’s so simple.”

“I don’t mind. It’s a simple legend. He was Ayrton as a child, but I would appreciate Alaine more. When you see only speed and bright.” Oh, amazing, “and then later Lewis (Hamilton). “

Hadjar felt a simple, tactically profute ‘professor’ that withdrew in 1993. After winning the headlines with McLaren and Williams, they deserve more recognitions.

“I just think his career is really underestimated,” he said.

“I won’t self-follow as a smart guy, but I definitely have my father always wanting to take the head first and make a difference and make a difference and make a difference and make a difference and make a difference and make a difference and make a difference out of the car.”

Growing up, Hadjar’s interest was killed by a film Cars and watching F1 with father Yassine, a higher researcher in quantum mechanics.

He began at seven years and was running in Formula for two last season, a frustrating campaign in which he sounded like an angry young man was venting over the radio.

Hadjar said it was then.

“You play with the restrictions of what is allowed,” he said.

“You are a client team in Formula 2 and play your life here. You want to go to the formula, the team was worried, angry at them on the radio, and you say what you mean.

“Here, it’s completely different. You’re paying for a ride. It’s the sweetest job on Earth, you don’t yell at humans. It’s not possible.

“If I want to shout, shout in the helmet. I do it. I don’t press the radio button to say nonsense.”