Max Verstappen is a racing driver who competes in the FIA World Formula 1 Championship. He is now a four-time world Formula 1 champion, winning the drivers' title from 2021 to 2024 with the Red Bull Racing F1 team. The 2025 season will be his 11th F1 season, and through all these years, he has won 65 Grand Prix races.
While many Dutch drivers drove in F1 in the past era, no Dutch driver ever started an F1 Grand Prix. However, Verstappen changed this, and he became the first Dutchman to ever score a pole position in the history of F1 in 2019. By winning the fourth title in 2024, Verstappen joined an elite group of drivers like Fangio and Alain Prost. This was impossible with his teams, mechanics, and his respective performance and race engineers.
Max Verstappen's Race Engineer
Gianpiero Lambiase is the current race engineer of Max Verstappen for the 2025 F1 season. He is an Italian and British motorsport engineer who serves as the senior race engineer for Verstappen at the Red Bull Racing team. He was born on October 14, 1980, in Bedford, England. After graduation, he was appointed an intern at the Jordan F1 team in 2005. He worked as a race engineer with them for 11 years since the team last rebranded as Force India.
| Time-Period | Race Engineer | Team |
| 2016-Present | Gianpiero Lambiase | Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team |
| 2016 | Xevi Pujolar | Scuderia Toro Rosso |
Gianpiero moved to work as a race engineer for Daniel Kvyat in 2015 at Toro Rosso, as per Sky Sports F1. However, Kvyat was replaced by Max Verstappen, and since then, both Max and Gianpiero have been working together. In 2024, Liambiase was promoted to head of race engineering operations for the 2025 season.
Max Verstappen's Past Race Engineer
Max Verstappen has worked with two different race engineers in the past. One is the current race engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, and the other is Xevi Pujolar. Verstappen had worked with Lambiase for 11 years, winning four championships with him. However, Verstappen only worked with Pujolar for a few months in 2016. Verstappen and Pujolar met when the former joined Toro Rosso in 2016.
Xevi Pujolar was born on January 13, 1973, in Spain. In 1992, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Universitat de Girona. After graduation, he joined Go-Kart FIA as a mechanic. Later, he was appointed as race engineer for Nissan in 1998. He made his official F1 debut as an engineer for Williams Racing in 2003. After working for them, he joined Toro Rosso. For the 2025 season, he is the racing director for the Sauber Motorsport and Kick Sauber F1 teams.
FAQs On Max Verstappen Race Engineer
A. Gianpiero Lambiase is the current race engineer for Max Verstappen in F1.
A. Xevi Pujolar was the race engineer for Max Verstappen in Toro Rosso.
A. Gianpiero Lambiase replaced Xevi Pujolar at Toro Rosso.
A. Gianpiero Lambiase is the race engineer for Max Verstappen in 2025.
