Injury Sidelines Hadjar Ahead of Dutch Grand Prix
Isack Hadjar suffered a wrist injury during the summer break at Zandvoort itself, forcing him out of the race weekend, with Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda covering the resulting reshuffle.
Isack Hadjar, the 21-year-old driver who until just days ago looked like an increasingly settled partner for Max Verstappen at the main Red Bull team, will miss the Dutch Grand Prix. The reason is a wrist injury sustained during the summer break – at Zandvoort itself, the very track where he made the podium last year.
Liam Lawson takes his seat for the sprint weekend, with Yuki Tsunoda returning to Racing Bulls to fill the resulting reshuffle. The team is presenting the situation as temporary for now and doesn’t seem overly concerned, but the pause comes at a sensitive point in the development of the young French-Algerian driver, right when his seat alongside Verstappen looked increasingly secure.
The story is another reminder that in Formula 1, the calendar waits for no one – and that even one injured foot or wrist can reshuffle an entire team’s plans in the space of a week.
