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Lawson to drive for Red Bull at Italian Grand Prix with Hadjar still injured

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Reuters

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Liam Lawson will continue to drive for ⁠Red Bull at the Italian Grand Prix after the Formula ‌1 team announced on Wednesday that Isack ‌Hadjar remains sidelined with a ‌wrist injury that forced him to ‌miss the Dutch Grand Prix last ‌month.

[p]New Zealand's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lawson-liam/nap8RjeO/"]Lawson[/a] races for Racing Bulls, which is Red Bull's sister ‌team that is traditionally used ⁠to develop ‌young drivers.[/p][p]The 24-year-old finished seventh at the ​Dutch Grand Prix and sits ninth in the standings ​with 49 points while his Red Bull teammate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/verstappen-max/UV3mgeXB/"]Max Verstappen[/a], who crashed ⁠out of ​his home race on the opening lap, is sixth.[/p][p][b]"Liam will drive alongside Max at the Italian Grand ‌Prix in Monza, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hadjar-isack/8SAk38Ui/"]Isack[/a] continues to make encouraging progress following the wrist injury sustained during the summer break,"[/b] Red Bull said in a statement.[/p][embed guid="e46a1926-7872-41e3-b5c5-a8700351bfbf" url="https://x.com/redbullracing/status/2095149983196393680" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"The team is closely monitoring his rehabilitation and will take no unnecessary risks with his ‌return to competition and wishes him ​a speedy recovery."[/b][/p][p]As a result, ‌former Red Bull driver [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tsunoda-yuki/tArbpdrf/"]Yuki Tsunoda[/a] will retain his seat at Racing Bulls alongside British-Swedish rookie [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindblad-arvid/bgk1rl5a/"]Arvid Lindblad[/a] having come in as ⁠a replacement ⁠at Zandvoort.[/p]

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