{"id":218439,"date":"2025-06-27T11:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/218439\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T11:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:09:09","slug":"major-max-verstappen-change-as-gianpiero-lambiase-misses-austrian-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/218439\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Max Verstappen change as Gianpiero Lambiase misses Austrian GP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Max Verstappen\u2019s long-time race engineer\u00a0Gianpiero Lambiase will be absent from the Austrian Grand Prix this weekend due to personal circumstances.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Red Bull Racing confirmed to PlanetF1.com that Lambiase, who has been with Verstappen<\/strong><\/a> ever since the Dutchman\u2019s move to Red Bull in 2016, will miss this weekend as\u00a0Simon Rennie steps in.<\/p>\n

Max Verstappen loses long-time race engineer for Austrian GP<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Thomas Maher<\/p>\n

\u2018GP\u2019 and Verstappen are perhaps the most well-known race engineer and driver pairing on the grid with the two having plenty of frank exchanges over the course of their working relationship.<\/p>\n

In Austria however, Verstappen\u2019s comments and feedback will be heard by Rennie who is the\u00a0Group Leader of Simulation Engineering at Red Bull.<\/p>\n

Rennie has experience being a trackside race engineer though having worked with Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen in the past.<\/p>\n

In 2013, he moved to Red Bull to become Mark Webber\u2019s engineer before working with Daniel Ricciardo from 2014.<\/p>\n

In 2019, the British engineer switched to a factory role but was back on the grid in 2020, this time in the ears of Alex Albon. When Sergio Perez joined the team, Rennie stepped aside as Hugh Bird was appointed.<\/p>\n

Despite never working directly with him, Verstappen will be familiar with Rennie due to the latter\u2019s role as simulator race engineer, meaning that whenever the Dutchman has been back at the factory, it is Rennie he has been listening to.<\/p>\n

More Red Bull news from PlanetF1.com<\/p>\n

British GP ban? Verstappen gives clear response to big penalty point question<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Max Verstappen delivers verdict on Vettel\u2019s potential Red Bull return<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Who is Max Verstappen\u2019s new race engineer\u00a0Simon Rennie?<\/p>\n

Rennie began his F1 career in 2004 when he joined Renault and was part of the team\u2019s title success in 2005 and 2006, working as a Data Engineer for Alonso.<\/p>\n

In 2009, he moved up to the Race Engineer role before performing the same role for Robert Kubica in 2010.<\/p>\n

After Kubica\u2019s rally crash,\u00a0Rennie worked with\u00a0Nick Heidfeld before Raikkonen joined the team in 2012. It was to\u00a0Rennie that Raikkonen produced his\u00a0\u201cLeave me alone, I know what to do\u201d that has since gone down in F1 folklore.<\/p>\n

2013 saw him move across to Red Bull and into the ears of Webber in a job swap with\u00a0Ciaron Pilbeam. When the Aussie retired, Rennie worked with another Australian in the form of\u00a0Ricciardo but stepped back to a factory role in 2019.<\/p>\n

A year later, he was back trackside after Albon requested a more senior race engineer but he stepped aside again in 2021 when Perez arrived.<\/p>\n

Read next:\u00a0Ferrari top upgrade list as teams unveil car changes for Austrian Grand Prix<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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