The background
This unexpected F1 break in April opened with a major market bombshell, even though we are not talking about drivers. Gianpiero Lambiase, in fact, Max Verstappen’s long-time race engineer and a key figure on the Red Bull pit wall, will join McLaren from 2028, where he will hold a role almost identical to the one he currently performs for the Milton Keynes team, namely Head of Race Engineering.
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McLaren won a veritable auction for Lambiase’s name, and according to reports from Sky Sports Uk, the team most stung by losing the race for the Red Bull man is Lawrence Stroll’s Aston Martin.
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Stroll, in fact, had offered Lambiase the role of team principal, but Max Verstappen’s current right-hand man declined the Aston Martin offer, preferring the papaya color for the next – very lucrative – chapter of his F1 adventure.
