Liam Lawson to Replace Injured Isack Hadjar at Italian Grand Prix

Red Bull Confirms Liam Lawson for Monza After Hadjar Injury Assessment

Red Bull announced on Wednesday that Liam Lawson will continue driving alongside Max Verstappen at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza. Isack Hadjar remains sidelined following a wrist injury sustained during the Formula 1 summer break. Hadjar suffered the injury while boxing in training during the summer break last month which forced him to miss the Dutch Grand Prix and he has not recovered in time for Monza.

Liam will drive alongside Max at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, while Isack continues to make encouraging progress following the wrist injury sustained during the summer break.

Red Bull, Team Statement

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The team is closely monitoring his rehabilitation and will take no unnecessary risks with his return to competition and wishes him a speedy recovery.

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Lawson had received a late call-up to replace Hadjar at the Dutch Grand Prix, qualifying in eighth and finishing seventh on his substitute appearance for Red Bull. After his short stint with the team last season, this had marked Lawson’s first points-scoring finish with the Milton Keynes-based squad, with Hadjar having watched on from the garage after his injury. Lawson continued behind the cockpit of the RB22 several days later, too, undertaking tyre testing with Pirelli at Mugello as it evaluates its 2027 compounds.

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Reflecting on his extended opportunity with the senior team, Lawson will receive another opportunity in the RB22 after impressing during his unexpected call-up in the Netherlands. The New Zealand races for Racing Bulls, which is Red Bull’s sister team that is traditionally used to develop young drivers, sits ninth in the standings with 49 points while his Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen, who crashed out of his home race on the opening lap, is sixth.

With Lawson stepping up to be Max Verstappen’s team-mate at Red Bull, Yuki Tsunoda will have another chance to impress at Racing Bulls. Yuki Tsunoda, who was left without a drive for this year following his Red Bull exit at the end of last season, will again sit in for Lawson in the Racing Bull.

Verstappen Faces FP1 Sit-Out and Prepares for High-Speed Monza Challenge

Max Verstappen is looking to put the disappointment of his Zandvoort crash behind him and bounce back with a positive result at Monza this weekend. Verstappen lost control of his Red Bull at the final corner on the opening lap, ending his race almost immediately and leaving him without the opportunity to fight for a result in front of his home crowd. The DNF at Zandvoort took Verstappen’s tally to four retirements this season, meaning the four-time world champion has failed to see the chequered flag in one-third of the 12 Grands Prix held so far.

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The Dutchman will sit out FP1, with Ayumu Iwasa taking over his Red Bull for the opening practice session, before Verstappen returns to the cockpit as usual for FP2 later in the day.

Ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, Verstappen is looking to move on from the incident and return to action at Monza, where the team aims to secure a strong points finish.