Isack Hadjar will remain Max Verstappen’s teammate at Oracle Red Bull Racing for the 2027 Formula 1 season after a contract extension announced Wednesday, the same week he returns from a wrist injury for the Qatar Airways Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Formula1.com; Red Bull Racing; AFP / France24; Sky Sports F1). Team principal Laurent Mekies called the extension “an easy decision,” citing Hadjar’s form on and off track in only his second Formula 1 season (Red Bull statement; Formula1.com). Practice has not opened at Baku; no race result is reported here.
The 21-year-old sits eighth in the standings on 71 points after seven straight top-six finishes, including a Monaco podium, before missing the Dutch, Italian and Spanish rounds with the wrist injury sustained in summer fitness training (AFP; Formula1.com; pack frame from Tuesday’s return confirmation). Red Bull confirmed Tuesday that Hadjar rejoins Verstappen for Baku; Liam Lawson, who covered the three races and scored points in two, returns to Visa Cash App Racing Bulls, with Yuki Tsunoda back to reserve after filling Lawson’s Racing Bulls seat beside Arvid Lindblad (Red Bull; Reuters frame from 22 Sep return page). Practice at the Baku City Circuit opens Thursday, 24 September; the Grand Prix runs Saturday, 26 September (Formula1.com). This page’s named move is the Wednesday 2027 extension; Tuesday’s Baku-return confirmation is carried as background only.
Named actors and checkable milestones locked to Formula1.com, Oracle Red Bull Racing, AFP / France24, Sky Sports F1 and the REV 2a pack: Hadjar (2027 extension beside Verstappen; eighth on 71 points; seven straight top-six; Monaco podium; missed Dutch/Italian/Spanish; wrist injury; Baku return week); Laurent Mekies (“easy decision”); Verstappen (teammate through 2027; prior extension through 2030 noted only as Red Bull frame, not reinvented); practice Thu 24 Sep; race Sat 26 Sep; Lawson / Tsunoda / Lindblad lines folded from Tuesday’s return confirmation. The desk does not invent championship projections, Racing Bulls 2027 line-ups, support-series results, or FIA calendar moves beyond the published extension and Baku timetable.
The checkable record is Red Bull’s Wednesday announcement that Hadjar remains Verstappen’s teammate for 2027, Mekies’s “easy decision” line, Hadjar’s eighth place on 71 points after seven straight top-six finishes including a Monaco podium before the three-race wrist absence, and a return week that opens with Thursday practice and a Saturday Grand Prix at Baku (Formula1.com; Red Bull; AFP; Sky Sports F1).
What comes next is checkable: Thursday’s FP1 and FP2 classification sheets on Formula1.com; Friday’s FP3 and qualifying results; Saturday’s race classification after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix; Racing Bulls’ published Baku entry.
Floor: LEAD REV 2a — Hadjar locked Red Bull 2027 beside Verstappen (Mekies “easy decision”); eighth on 71 pts after seven straight top-six incl. Monaco podium; missed Dutch/Italian/Spanish wrist injury; Baku return — practice Thu 24, race Sat 26 Sep (F1.com; Red Bull; AFP; Sky); no race result invented; Wednesday 2027 extension is the named lead.