Who is Gianpiero Lambiase, Max Verstappen’s race engineer?
The London-born Lambiase, affectionately known as ‘GP’, was educ♒ated at Cambridge University as an actor and played in an indie band, according to .
His F1 career began in 2005 with ꦫJordan, remaining with the team until they became Force India. He was Giancarlo Fisichella’s pe♏rformance engineer.
He later worked with Vitan✨tonio Liuzzi, Paul di Resta and Ser♏gio Perez.
He joined Red Bull in 2014 to work with Daniil Kvyat but the driver lost his seat🌞 after just 23 grands prix, with Verstappen taking over.
Lambiase has been by Verstappen’s side thro𒅌ugh his 𝕴epic F1 journey.
He was promoted t💛o 𝔍Red Bull’s trackside engineer in 2022.
Lambiase and Verstappen are known for feisty ౠradio exchanges - but also for their friendship.
At the 2023 F1 Belgiaꦐn Grand Prix Verstappen complained: "We should have just ꦿpushed two laps in a row like I said.”
To which, La🐽mbiase responded: “You are through Max.”
The Dutchman snapped back: “Yeah I d💜on’t give a f*** if we’re P10. It’s just 🐟shit execution.”
Lambiase sassily retorted: “OK, and then when the track was two seconds quicker on the final lap and you had no ꧟energy left, how would that have gone down?
“But you tell me what you want to do in Q3 and we’ll do it. Sets, fuel, run plan.” 💫;
After going fasඣtest in qualifying, Verstappen said: "Sorry, GP."
The re🐻sponse from Lambiase was: "I'm slowly getting used to you, Max..."
