Isack Hadjar 2026: Injury, Baku Return and Results
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Isack Hadjar's 2026 season, measured: a Monaco podium, a broken wrist, and whether he races in Baku
Isack Hadjar scored 71 points in his first eleven races for Red Bull, including third at Monaco with a power problem, then broke his wrist in training and missed three rounds. Red Bull will decide on his Baku return after a simulator session.
Isack Hadjar has not raced since the Hungarian Grand Prix in July. Over the summer break he fractured his wrist hitting a punching bag in training, and he has missed Zandvoort, Monza and Madrid.
Whether he races in Baku on 26 September is still open. Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has said "there is nothing wrong with his recovery", that the team will not rush him, and that a simulator session will help decide. Until then, the most useful thing to know is what he did in the eleven races before the injury: 71 points, eighth in the championship even after three missed rounds, and a podium at Monaco in a car that was down on power for much of the race.
Every message he exchanged with his engineer on air this season, from the Canadian Grand Prix onward, is on Isack Hadjar's team radio page, with the audio and a transcript coloured by who is speaking.
Every race of his 2026 season
The first seven rounds:
Round
Grand Prix
Started
Finished
1
Australian
3rd
Retired
2
Chinese
9th
8th
3
Japanese
8th
12th
4
Miami
22nd
Retired
5
Canadian
7th
5th
6
Monaco
5th
3rd
7
Barcelona
6th
6th
Grand Prix results only. He scored no sprint points.
The next seven:
Round
Grand Prix
Started
Finished
8
Austrian
8th
6th
9
British
5th
5th
10
Belgian
21st
6th
11
Hungarian
8th
6th
12
Dutch
Injured
Did not race
13
Italian
Injured
Did not race
14
Spanish (Madrid)
Injured
Did not race
Starting positions are the grid after penalties.
The season in numbers
71 points from 11 races, all from Grands Prix, eighth in the championship.
1 podium: third at Monaco.
Points in each of his last seven races before the injury, from Canada to Hungary, every one of them sixth or better.
2 retirements, in Australia from third on the grid and in Miami from the back.
Belgium, 21st to 6th, the biggest recovery of his season.
Monaco: a podium with the power going
Hadjar started fifth at Monaco and finished third. For a long stretch of that race his car was not delivering full power, and the radio followed the problem as it happened:
Isack HadjarRed Bull · Monaco Grand Prix 2026 · Race · 15:37:07 local
DriverYeah, no power out of 8.
EngineerOut of 8. Yeah, copy that, mate. We can see the issue. We're trying to work on a fix. You're doing a great job. Engine 3, position 11. Engine 3, position 11.
"Hey, the problem is still real." At Monaco, where overtaking is close to impossible, track position held and he kept a place on the podium. Every message from that race is in our Monaco Grand Prix 2026 race radio archive.
Spa: sixth, and the podium he thought he had
At Spa he started twenty-first and finished sixth. His message afterwards was less about the recovery than about what he thought was possible:
"It's a bit frustrating because, yeah, I could be on this podium."
Who drove his car
With Hadjar out, Liam Lawson moved up from Racing Bulls to drive his Red Bull at Zandvoort, Monza and Madrid, and Yuki Tsunoda left his reserve role to take Lawson's Racing Bulls seat. Lawson finished seventh at Zandvoort and started Monza from the pit lane.
The standings show the effect. Red Bull's constructors' total is 230 points, while Max Verstappen and Hadjar have 216 between them: the other 14 are Lawson's, scored in Hadjar's car. That is also why Racing Bulls' total of 77 is lower than their drivers' combined tally suggests. Constructors' points follow the car, not the driver.
What happens in Baku
Red Bull have said Hadjar's recovery is on schedule and that the extra week between Madrid and Baku gives them time to assess him properly. If he is fit, he returns to a car that has been on the podium in every race Verstappen has finished since Austria; if he is not, Lawson keeps the seat for another weekend. Our Azerbaijan GP preview has the session times.
Results, grid positions and points come from Formula 1's official timing data and match the championship standings after the Spanish Grand Prix.
His Baku status is as Red Bull described it before the weekend. A decision was still to come when this was written.
Quotes are taken only from lines where the speaker label and the words agree. Automatic transcripts garble some of his messages, so we have quoted only the clear parts.
Frequently asked questions
Why is Isack Hadjar not racing?
He fractured his wrist during training over the summer break, reportedly while hitting a punching bag. He missed the Dutch, Italian and Spanish Grands Prix.
Will Isack Hadjar race in Baku?
Red Bull had not confirmed it before the weekend. Team principal Laurent Mekies said his recovery was going normally, that he would not be rushed, and that a simulator session would help decide.
Who replaced Isack Hadjar at Red Bull?
Liam Lawson, who moved up from Racing Bulls for the Dutch, Italian and Spanish Grands Prix. Yuki Tsunoda took Lawson's seat at Racing Bulls.
How many points does Isack Hadjar have in 2026?
71, from his first eleven races, which still places him eighth in the championship after the Spanish Grand Prix.
Sources
Race results, grid positions and points: Formula 1 timing data via FastF1, matching the championship standings published after the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix
Every radio message quoted: our own team radio archive
Know who is in the car
Driver changes, fitness decisions and the entry list for each weekend are published by the FIA as documents, usually before anyone reports them.
The Formula Dream app collects every FIA document of the weekend as it is published, including the entry list that will say whether Hadjar is back in Baku, and plays live driver radio as it is broadcast, transcript beside the audio. There is also a live timing Dashboard, currently in beta.
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