Gianpiero Lambiase rejects McLaren interest and ignores Lewis Hamilton link-up
Interest from two F1 riva🃏ls rebuffed by Max Verstappen's race engineer

Max Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambia✨se has rebuffed interest from McLaren and Ferrari, we understand.
McLaren made an offer to re✱cruit Lambiase which he rejected, according to our sources.
More recently, Italian media reported that Ferꦺrari tried to tempt Lambiase to Maranello.
Moving to Ferrari mi𒊎ght have resulted 🎶in Lambiase becoming Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer in 2025.
But Lambiase has iꦚgnored both options and remains fullyཧ committed to Red Bull.
He has been in Verstappen’s ear for the mighty Dutch🐽man’s entire time at Red Bull since 2015.
Lambiase previously worked at Jordan/Midland/Force India but has become a vit꧋al cog in the dominant Red Bull era, and plans to stay and help them back on course.
Lambiase is the head ✅of race engineering at Red Bull.
Red Bull have lost some significant figures recꦏently.
Jonathan Wheatley will leave his job as sporting director to become Audi team principal, while car design genius Adrian Newey is also notaꦯbly exiting.
Rob Marshall previously joined McLaren, whose CEO Zak Brown cheekily claimed he was receiving multiple CVs from Re🍃d Bull staff.
But Red Bull have clung onto many importan🔥t people, too, including Lambiase.
Engineers Paul Monaghan and Ben Waterhouse, head of aerodynamics Enrico Balbo and technical director Pierre Wache have all penned new contඣracts.
Lambiase will remain in their ranks, sticking with Verstappen rather than being tempဣted to work alongside Hamilton in his upcoming Ferrari era.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a deꦬcade covering everything from American sports, to footbal🌊l, to F1.