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Isack Hadjar to Miss Italian Grand Prix With Wrist Injury

From El Nacional · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Red Bull said Isack Hadjar will miss the Italian Grand Prix at Monza because of a wrist injury.
  • Liam Lawson will replace Hadjar alongside Max Verstappen, while Yuki Tsunoda will take Lawson’s seat at Racing Bulls.
  • Hadjar, eighth in the 2026 drivers’ championship with 68 points, also missed the Dutch Grand Prix.

Isack Hadjar will miss the Italian Grand Prix at Monza for a second consecutive race because of a wrist injury, Red Bull confirmed on Wednesday.

The French driver also sat out the Dutch Grand Prix from Aug. 21 to 23. Red Bull said Hadjar was making “promising progress” after injuring one of his wrists, but the team did not disclose the exact nature of the injury or estimate how long he would remain out.

Isack Hadjar continues making promising progress after the injury to one of his wrists.

— Red BullThe team provided an update on Hadjar’s recovery.

Liam Lawson will race alongside Max Verstappen for Red Bull in Italy. Lawson, a New Zealander who drives for Red Bull’s junior team Racing Bulls, previously replaced Hadjar in the Netherlands and finished seventh.

Yuki Tsunoda will take the Racing Bulls seat left open by Lawson at Monza. Tsunoda finished 10th in the Dutch Grand Prix.

We hope he can return as soon as possible.

— Red BullThe team said it would not take risks with Hadjar’s return to competition.
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