For almost a decade, my mom and I have kept one tradition. Wherever Formula 1 races that weekend, that is where dinner comes from. Melbourne sends us to the Australian coast. Suzuka brings Japan into our kitchen. Monza means Italy, and a very long lunch.

What began as a way to watch together became the best part of our week. A country we have never visited. An ingredient we have never bought. An hour side by side at the stove before the lights go out. Somewhere between the first course and the checkered flag, it stopped being dinner and became ours.

For years we joked that it should be a cookbook. Now we are writing it, together, one race at a time.

Podium Plates is more than a book to us. It is a reason to keep building something side by side, to keep learning the places we have only seen on a screen, and to follow this sport a little closer with every season. Support it, and you are not only backing a cookbook. You are pulling up a chair at our table, and coming along for whatever comes next.

Isack Hadjar

French Algerian racing driver

From Racing Bulls to Red Bull

Isack Hadjar reached the podium in his rookie season with Racing Bulls in 2025 and was promoted to Red Bull Racing for 2026.

Born in Paris and racing under the French flag, Isack Hadjar won races in Formula Regional and FIA Formula 3 and finished runner up to Gabriel Bortoleto in Formula 2 in 2024. As a Red Bull junior he joined Racing Bulls for 2025, though his debut at the Australian Grand Prix ended before the start.

He scored points several times that season, and at the Dutch Grand Prix he finished third from fourth on the grid. Promoted to Red Bull Racing for 2026, he has added third places at Monaco and in Azerbaijan. Through the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix he has made 35 starts with three podiums.

0 world titles, 0 wins, 0 pole positions, 35 starts.

Every Grand Prix has a flavor.

Start with a name, a place or a year.

My mom and I.

Wherever the race goes, dinner goes too.

A World, A Menu, A Race Weekend.

Five things, every round.

Discover the destination

Choose one dish

Share the table

Watch the race

Repeat next round

The Founders Edition

Round one, Melbourne.

Pan seared barramundi

Explore it with us.

Researched where it comes from

Written for any kitchen

Every fact traced to a source

Independent and unofficial

Pull up a chair with us.

Buy the cookbook

Join The Podium Table

Support our journey

Before you pull up a chair.

Your next race weekend starts at the table.

Isack Hadjar

From Racing Bulls to Red Bull

Teams

Victories

Every Grand Prix has a flavor.

Start with a name, a place or a year.

My mom and I.

Wherever the race goes, dinner goes too.

A World, A Menu, A Race Weekend.

Five things, every round.

Discover the destination

Choose one dish

Share the table

Watch the race

Repeat next round

The Founders Edition

Round one, Melbourne.

Pan seared barramundi

Explore it with us.

Researched where it comes from

Written for any kitchen

Every fact traced to a source

Independent and unofficial

Pull up a chair with us.

Buy the cookbook

Join The Podium Table

Support our journey

Before you pull up a chair.

Every Grand Prix, in your inbox.

Your next race weekend starts at the table.

From Racing Bulls to Red Bull

Teams

Victories