Max Verstappen’s race engineer GP reportedly refused Ferrari’s offer to work with Lewis Hamilton in 2025
Gianpiero Lambiase has been Max Verstappen's race engineer for a long time at Red Bull.
Max Verstappen, Gianpiero Lambiase, and Lewis Hamilton (via IMAGO)
Lewis Hamilton‘s shocking switch to Ferrari from 2025 onward caught everyone off-guard. Multiple individuals believed that Hamilton’s long-time race engineer Bono (Peter Bonnington) would join him at Ferrari. However, Bono was promoted within Mercedes as the chances of him moving were declined. Subsequently, Max Verstappen‘s race engineer was rumored to join Maranello.
Gianpiero Lambiase and Max Verstappen have worked closely with each other at Red Bull since 2016. As a result, Lambiase was highly unlikely to ditch his partner for Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari. Regardless, according to the Sports Courier, Fred Vasseur presented the Italian-British engineer with an offer to join Maranello.
However, Lambiase refused the offer to partner up with Hamilton despite Red Bull’s slump in recent times. Hence, the 43-year-old will continue to work alongside Verstappen and attempt to manage a comeback in terms of performance. On the other hand, Hamilton is highly likely to work with Ricciardo Adami as his race engineer in 2025.
Loic Serra appointed technical director for Ferrari’ chassis development
Ferrari has further continued to go through multiple key technical figure changes for the upcoming season. The Italian constructor is fully preparing to make Lewis Hamilton comfortable from the get-go. Maranello’s attempt to acquire Adrian Newey failed despite talks continuing for quite some time.
Loic Serra will be the Technical Director for the Chassis development, a role which could’ve been given to Newey. Hence, the new Director will be reporting to the team’s principal Fred Vasseur directly. Serra will be handling Chassis project handling, Vehicle Performance, Aerodynamics, Track Engineering, and Chassis operations.
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Ferrari’s current upturn in performance could enable the team to gain crucial information for the coming season. The crew is extremely delighted after the win in Monza in front of the home crowd. Hence, all eyes are set on the upcoming event in Azerbaijan.
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