‘I’m really proud of him’ – Max Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase opens up on Dutchman’s ‘real strength’ in the wake of his fourth championship

“The trouble he’s placing in within the workplace with all us guys, and the respect he’s beginning to give his different drivers, you realize, he doesn’t need to – we’ve seen just a few flashes of it – however he doesn’t need to be there successful each single factor each single weekend. I’m actually pleased with him.”

Lambiase and Verstappen have labored collectively because the Dutchman was promoted to Pink Bull in 2016, and can proceed to take action subsequent 12 months regardless of Lambiase being promoted to Head of Racing. They usually have loads to say to one another on the radio, however GP was fast to clarify that what the viewers hear is simply a fraction of what’s actually happening.

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“That’s the factor, you’ve chats with him outdoors the observe – what you hear on the printed, that’s not essentially Max, that’s him with the adrenaline on the time.

“As a lot as he has this bravado, he’ll adsorb every bit of knowledge that goes by means of his ears and that’s his actual energy. We will all the time depend on him within the warmth of the second to do the appropriate factor.”