The Italian-British Lambiase would be in negotiations with Stroll’s team, which wants to build a winning team from 2026 after having also hired Newey from Red Bull. But in the future the operation may not be limited to the men on the pit wall…
Red Bull risks dealing with a new farewell. After the departures of Adrian Newey, Christian Horner and Helmut Marko, it could be Gianpiero Lambiase who says goodbye to the team that dominated F1 from 2021 to 2024. The Italian-British, Max Verstappen’s race engineer and Head of Racing Red Bull, would be in negotiations with an increasingly ambitious Aston Martin. The indiscretion comes from the United Kingdom. The English newspaper The Racein fact, reports a contact between Lambiase himself and the top management of the Silverstone team, owned by the Canadian tycoon Lawrence Stroll, who intends to exploit the regulatory change to establish himself as the reference team from 2026.
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At Aston Martin the internal structure is being reorganized. Designer Newey will also take on the role of team principal in place of Andy Cowell, whilst giving priority to the development work of the new car. Second The Raceanother figure will most likely be needed, possibly ready to take over the leadership of the team so as to allow Newey himself to concentrate on the design. So here is the Lambiase hypothesis, who could also become CEO. Moreover, Gianpiero is a profile that Adrian likes: the two remained on excellent terms after the designer’s farewell to Red Bull. Together they contributed to the conquest of two Constructors’ World Championships and the four Drivers’ titles signed by Verstappen between 2021 and 2024.
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At the moment there is talk of talks between the parties. Certainly a possible departure of Lambiase would be a heavy blow for Red Bull and for Verstappen in particular. Max, in fact, is very close to his race engineer, one of the very few who manage to keep up with the Dutchman when the tension rises. In addition, Verstappen will also have to do without chief mechanic Matt Caller and engine engineer David Mart who will move to the debuting Audi team. And if we add to this that Aston Martin itself recently offered Verstappen a contract worth 100 million a year to sit behind the wheel of the British single-seater, the scenario regarding Lambiase would become another piece in a puzzle that Stroll has not given up on completing. Yesterday Newey, today Lambiase, tomorrow Max? It could be anything but F1 fantasy, although it should be underlined that the four-time world champion currently has a contract with Red Bull until 2028. Staying current, if Lambiase were to leave, his place would be occupied by Simon Rennie, Daniel Ricciardo’s former race engineer. Rennie himself had already watched Verstappen from the wall during the races at the Red Bull Ring and Spa-Francorchamps.
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