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Isack Hadjar will return to Red Bull’s race seat in Baku after missing the previous three grands prix with a wrist injury. Red Bull announced on September 22 that he had made a full recovery; Hadjar is due back on track for Thursday practice. His absence began after he injured his wrist during training over Formula 1’s summer break, with Liam Lawson stepping in at Red Bull and Yuki Tsunoda covering Lawson’s Racing Bulls seat. Lawson now returns to Racing Bulls, while Tsunoda resumes his reserve role. The change follows an assessment process Red Bull had described the previous week: team principal Laurent Mekies said Hadjar would be evaluated and tested in a simulator, with recovery taking priority over an early return. Hadjar’s comeback brings the team back to its regular pairing with Max Verstappen for the first round of a triple-header.
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Isack Hadjar will return to Red Bull’s race seat in Baku after missing the previous three grands prix with a wrist injury. Red Bull announced on September 22 that he had made a full recovery; Hadjar is due back on track for Thursday practice. His absence began after he injured his wrist during training over Formula 1’s summer break, with Liam Lawson stepping in at Red Bull and Yuki Tsunoda covering Lawson’s Racing Bulls seat. Lawson now returns to Racing Bulls, while Tsunoda resumes his reserve role. The change follows an assessment process Red Bull had described the previous week: team principal Laurent Mekies said Hadjar would be evaluated and tested in a simulator, with recovery taking priority over an early return. Hadjar’s comeback brings the team back to its regular pairing with Max Verstappen for the first round of a triple-header.
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Red Bull has moved from assessing Hadjar’s fitness to confirming his return for Baku, saying he has made a full recovery. He missed the Netherlands, Italy and Spain races after injuring his wrist during summer-break training. Lawson, who stood in at Red Bull, returns to Racing Bulls; Tsunoda, who covered Lawson there, goes back to reserve duties.
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