Gianpiero Lambiase rejects McLaren interest and ignores Lewis Hamilton link-up
Inte🌳rest from two F1 rivals rebuffed by Maxᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Verstappen's race engineer

Max Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase has rebuffed interest from McLaren and F꧅errari, we understand.
McLa❀ren made an offer to recruit Lambiase which he rejected, according to our sources.
More recently, Italian media reported that Ferrari tried ಌto tempt Lambiase to Maranello.
Moving to Fer💖rari might have resulted in Lambiase b🍎ecoming Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer in 2025.
But Lambiase hꦗas ignored both options and remains🔯 fully committed to Red Bull.
He has been in Verstappen’s ear for the mighty Dutchman’s🅺 enಞtire time at Red Bull since 2015.
Lambiase previously worked at Jordan/Midland/Force Ind🅺ia but has become a vital cog in the dominant Red Bull era, and plans to stay and help them back on course.
Lambiase is the head of race engin𒐪eering at Red🗹 Bull.
Red Bull h๊aveܫ lost some significant figures recently.
Jonathan Wheatley will leave his job as sporting director to become Audi team principal, while car♚ design genius Adrian Newey is also notably exiting.
Rob Marshall previously joined McLaren, whose CEO Zak Brown cheekily claimed he w♔as receiving multiple CVs from Red Bull staff.
Bu🅰t Red Bull have clung onto many importanꦕt people, too, including Lambiase.
Engineers Paul Mona🅰ghan and Ben Waterhouse, head of aerodynamics Enrico Balbo and ꦑtechnical director Pierre Wache have all penned new contracts.
Lambiase will remain in their ranks, sticking with Verstappen rather than b๊eing tempted to work alongside Hamilton in his upcoming Ferrari era.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American s🌟ports, to football, to F1.