Isack Hadjar requires extra time to recuperate from his wrist damage, which can see the Frenchman sit out his third consecutive grand prix at this weekend’s Components 1 Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid.
Liam Lawson will return to the RB22 to associate Max Verstappen, whereas Yuki Tsunoda will get one other race with Racing Bulls.
“The choice has been taken as Isack’s restoration continues to progress positively,” Pink Bull communicated on Monday night. “Whereas he isn’t but able to return to the cockpit, he might be in Madrid supporting the crew.”
Hadjar sustained a wrist fracture on the finish of the summer season break whereas boxing, which is an everyday a part of his exercise routine. It pressured the sophomore driver out of August’s Dutch Grand Prix, with Pink Bull transferring common Racing Bulls driver Lawson to the father or mother crew’s automotive alongside Verstappen whereas reserve driver Tsunoda was handed an F1 comeback with the junior crew.
With Pink Bull not eager to take any threat with Hadjar’s damage, Lawson and Tsunoda remained on station for final weekend’s Italian Grand Prix in Monza.
Isack Hadjar, Pink Bull Racing
Photograph by: Guido De Bortoli / LAT Photographs by way of Getty Photographs
Given the brief turnaround to this weekend’s Madrid race as a part of a double-header, Pink Bull crew boss Laurent Mekies had already indicated a return to competitors on the brand-new Madring circuit could be “difficult” for Hadjar. Now it has been confirmed that Hadjar will miss his third grand prix in a row.
In Hadjar’s absence, Lawson loved his return to Pink Bull in a lot much less turbulent circumstances than his curtailed two-race stint initially of 2025. The New Zealander took seventh in Zandvoort, whereas he was unable to recuperate from an engine penalty to attain factors in Monza.
Tsunoda took his first level of the marketing campaign on the Italian spherical in tenth place, although Audi continues to be contemplating an attraction towards the stewards’ resolution to not penalise the Japanese driver for inflicting an additional formation lap.
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