Engineer change for Verstappen at the Austrian Grand Prix
Max Verstappen’s race engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, will not be present at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix due to personal matters. Simon Rennie, a long-time Red Bull engineer, will take over the role during Lambiase’s absence.
The news was confirmed by Red Bull before the first practice session of the race weekend in Austria, this Friday.
Lambiase, known in the paddock as ‘GP’, has been a key figure in Verstappen’s success in recent years, and is the engineer with whom fans hear the four-time world champion communicate during races.
Lambiase is expected to resume his role on the Red Bull pit wall for next week’s British Grand Prix.Max Verstappen y Gianpiero Lambiase han formado un fuerte vínculo en Red Bull en los últimos años.Rennie, who was previously an engineer for Alex Albon, Daniel Ricciardo and Mark Webber at Red Bull, now has a factory-based role as simulation engineering group leader.
Before joining Red Bull, he worked with Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus and began his track career as a data engineer on Fernando Alonso’s Renault in the mid-2000s.
Verstappen, who has won five times at the Red Bull Ring, is currently 43 points behind the championship leader, Oscar Piastri, with 14 races remaining in this season.
