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Gianpiero Lambiase will continue as Max Verstappen’s race engineer at Red Bull for the F1 2026 season, remaining under contract through 2027

Lambiase to stay on as Verstappen’s Red Bull race engineer for F1 2026 season

Magdalena Put54 minutes ago54 minutes ago02 mins mins

Gianpiero Lambiase will stay on as Max Verstappen’s race engineer at Red Bull Racing for the 2026 F1 season, continuing one of the sport’s most successful driver-engineer partnerships. In December, speculation emerged regarding Lambiase making a possible move to a rival British-based team—most notably Aston Martin—where he was reportedly a candidate for a senior strategic…

With F1 bidding farewell to the ground effect regulations, which came into effect in 2022 and ended in 2025, let's see where each team has landed in Pit Debrief’s end-of-era rankings

Ranking every F1 team from worst to best at the end of ground effect era

Senjuti Jash6 days ago5 days ago018 mins mins

Now that F1 has bid farewell to the ground effect regulations, which came into effect in 2022, let’s delve into how the current grid has fared over the course of the last four seasons with Pit Debrief’s end-of-era rankings. While the usual suspects like Red Bull and McLaren jousted for the top position in our…

Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen celebrating his win at the F1 Abu Dhabi GP, topped the Pit Debrief F1 2025 Driver Rankings.

F1 2025 Driver Rankings: 1st | Max Verstappen

Ana-Maria Andronic7 days ago1 week ago06 mins mins

Holding the top spot in Pit Debrief’s F1 2025 driver rankings is Max Verstappen after an incredible season. While the first half of the season exposed Red Bull’s inherent issues with the RB21, the team and its driver prevailed, making a fantastic recovery. The Dutchman might have lost the title, yet his driving and perseverance…

Gianpiero Lambiase from Red Bull celebrates on the poidum of the 2025 F1 Las Vegas GP.

Verstappen’s engineer Lambiase in talks to join Aston Martin F1

Nicolas Lopes1 week ago1 week ago03 mins mins

Max Verstappen’s F1 race engineer and head of race engineering at the Red Bull Racing squad, Gianpiero Lambiase or ‘GP’, is in active talks with the Aston Martin F1 Team to join forces in a near future, according to the The Race. The report comes just weeks after what proved to be an emotional end…

Oliver Mintzlaff speaking with previous TP, Christian Horner, during an F1 event in 2025, before 2026 statements from the German.

Mintzlaff confident Verstappen “will finish his career at Red Bull” despite uncertainty of 2026 F1 season

Ana-Maria Andronic1 week ago2 weeks ago05 mins mins

In light of the F1 winter break, Red Bull GmbH CEO of Corporate Projects and New Investments, Oliver Mintzlaff, reviewed Verstappen’s prospects for 2026 in an interview with De Telegraaf. Throughout 2025, Red Bull Racing undergone several significant changes. All the way from performance issues from the previously winning team to staff dismissals and rumours…

Former Formula E driver Sam Bird praised Max Verstappen's performance during the 2025 F1 season, highlighting his speed and relentlessness.

Sam Bird on Verstappen’s 2025 F1 season — “He’s so relentless”

Disha Rawal2 weeks ago2 weeks ago03 mins mins

Former Formula E driver Sam Bird praised Max Verstappen’s F1 season on the Chequered Flag Podcast. Verstappen overcame a 104-point deficit from the Dutch GP to finish two points behind Lando Norris in the World Drivers’ Championship. While ultimately unable to take his fifth championship, the Dutchman showed the world why he’s considered one of…

Max Verstappen disagreed with Red Bull's decision to swap Lawson for Tsunoda after round two of the 2025 F1 season.

Verstappen “didn’t agree” with Red Bull swapping Lawson for Tsunoda only two races into 2025 F1 season

Rebecca Malitz2 weeks ago2 weeks ago05 mins mins

In an exclusive post-2025 F1 season interview with Viaplay Netherlands, Championship runner-up Max Verstappen talked about Red Bull’s controversial Lawson / Tsunoda swap, sharing data and set-ups as well as the importance of drivers having a good working relationship with their race engineer. After round two of the 2025 F1 season, Red Bull Racing decided…

Oliver Mintzlaff of Red Bull explains why both Christian Horner and Helmut Marko were let go in 2025

Mintzlaff explains 2025 Red Bull Racing F1 leadership changes

Ewout Albrecht2 weeks ago2 weeks ago06 mins mins

It was a turbulent year for Red Bull Racing, with both Christian Horner and Helmut Marko leaving the F1 team. In an exclusive interview with Dutch newspaper “De Telegraaf” Red Bull sporting project director Oliver Mintzlaff looks back at 2025, a year where he needed to make some tough decisions. Mintzlaff more present at Red…

Max Verstappen feels Japanese GP win is one of his 2025 highlights

F1 Japanese GP win Verstappen’s on-track highlight of 2025

Ewout Albrecht3 weeks ago2 weeks ago03 mins mins

After a season in which he almost overcame a 104 point deficit to claim a record-tying fifth consecutive F1 world title, you’d expect Max Verstappen to have quite a few highlights in 2025. However, his personal highlight was off the track, rather than on it, he revealed when talking to ViaPlay. Birth of daughter Lily…

All 22 drivers have confirmed their race numbers for the 2026 F1 season, including Lando Norris, who will start using the number 1 after beating Max Verstappen and winning his maiden title

All the 2026 F1 driver numbers confirmed in full and the stories behind them

Senjuti Jash3 weeks ago2 weeks ago020 mins mins

With the 2026 season already on the horizon, the driver numbers have been confirmed for what is undoubtedly going to be another exciting campaign of F1 action as all-new technical regulations come into effect and an additional team joins the grid. Now that the sport has crowned a new drivers’ champion for the first time…