Isack Hadjar to miss Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid due to wrist injury as Liam Lawson continues at Red Bull
Red Bull confirm Isack Hadjar will miss a third straight race due to his ongoing wrist injury; Liam Lawson replaces him as Max Verstappen's team-mate again; watch every session of the Spanish Grand Prix at a new track in Madrid from this Friday, live on Sky Sports F1
Monday 7 September 2026 18:36, UK
Isack Hadjar will miss this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid as he continues to recover from a fractured wrist.
Liam Lawson will replace Hadjar for a third successive race as Max Verstappen's team-mate at Red Bull, while Yuki Tsunoda continues at Racing Bulls.
Hadjar suffered a hairline fracture in a bone in his wrist during the summer break in a routine workout that involved boxing which forced him to miss the Dutch, Italian and now Spanish Grands Prix.
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A Red Bull statement said: "After racing for the team in Zandvoort and Monza, Liam will continue to drive alongside Max at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid.
"The decision has been taken as Isack's recovery continues to progress positively. While he is not yet ready to return to the cockpit, he will be in Madrid supporting the team.
"Everyone at Red Bull Racing looks forward to welcoming Isack back behind the wheel very soon."
Lawson impressively qualified only one tenth behind Verstappen at Zandvoort and finished the Dutch Grand Prix in seventh - a complete contrast to his two Red Bull outings at the start of 2025 before he was dropped.
But, he went out in Q2 at Monza, partly due to being impeded by Oscar Piastri on his best lap. In the race, he started from the pit lane due to engine penalties but made contact with Audi's Nico Hulkenberg at an early standing start restart, so had to change his front wing and recovered to 14th, while Verstappen was on the podium.
Tsunoda has produced two solid weekends at Racing Bulls, finishing a place ahead of team-ate Arvid Lindblad in the Dutch Grand Prix, before scoring a point by taking 10th at Monza.
The Monza result looks set to be appealed by rivals Audi over an incident at the standing restart, which saw Tsunoda pull into the wrong grid slot, triggering an extra formation lap.
The 26-year-old, who was dropped by Red Bull last season, expressed hope ahead of the Italian Grand Prix that he could convince someone to give him a seat on the grid in 2027.
"I'm free! Would love to hear those calls, but not yet," he said. "It's good that things are going positive, at least.
"Obviously, my primary target is to be in Formula 1. Let's see. In this world anything can happen. At the same time, it's also knowing that it's not easy to have a seat."
Sky Sports F1's Spanish GP live schedule
Thursday September 10
2pm: Drivers' Press Conference
5pm: Paddock Uncut
Friday September 11
8.50am: F3 Practice
10am: F2 Practice
12pm: Spanish Grand Prix Practice One (session starts at 11.30pm)
12.55pm: F2 Qualifying
2.40pm: Team Bosses' Press Conference
3.45pm: Spanish Grand Prix Practice Two (session starts at 3pm)
5.20pm: F3 Qualifying
6.20pm: The F1 Show
Saturday September 12
10am: F3 Sprint
11am: Spanish Grand Prix Practice Three (session starts at 11:30am)
1.10pm: F2 Sprint
2.15pm: Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying build-up
3pm: SPANISH GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING*
4.55pm: F3 Feature Race 1
6pm: Ted's Qualifying Notebook
Sunday September 13
8.40am: F3 Feature Race 2
10.20am: F2 Feature Race
12.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Spanish GP build-up
2pm: THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX
4pm: Chequered Flag: Spanish GP reaction
5pm: Ted's Notebook
*also on Sky Sports Main Event
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