Gianpiero Lambiase

Italian and British engineer

Gianpiero Lambiase
Born	(1980-10-14) October 14, 1980 (age 43) London, England
Nationality	British^[1]
Occupation	Race engineer
Employer	Red Bull Racing
Known for	Formula One engineer
Title	Head of Race Engineering

Gianpiero Lambiase, often known as GP (born 14 October 1980^[2]), is a British Formula One engineer. He is currently the race engineer for Max Verstappen at the Oracle Red Bull Racing team.^[3]

Career

Born in London, Lambiase started his Formula 1 career in 2005 with Jordan and worked with the Silverstone outfit through its numerous guises for 11 years, even after the team was transformed into Midland, Spyker, and Force India. In 2008 he worked as a performance engineer for Giancarlo Fisichella guiding the Italian to Force India's first pole position and podium in Belgium 2009. In 2010, he then became a race engineer for Vitantonio Liuzzi and when the Italian left at the end of that season, he took the same position for Paul di Resta. He worked with di Resta for three years, who was replaced by Sergio Pérez in 2014. After working with Pérez for one season, Lambiase moved to Red Bull Racing.

At Red Bull Racing, he joined Daniil Kvyat as a racing engineer in 2015 and maintained his position when Kvyat was replaced by Max Verstappen. In his current role as race engineer, he is responsible for all trackside communications to the driver and the setup of the Formula One car. Lambiase is known for being extremely direct and precise in his communications on the radio, which Verstappen has frequently praised.

In 2022 Lambiase took over as Head of Race Engineering from Guillaume Rocquelin for Red Bull Racing, while also retaining his role as race engineer for Verstappen.

References

^ "Who Is Max Verstappen's Race Engineer at Red Bull F1 – Gianpiero Lambiase?". Essentially Sports. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
^ Russo, Davide (27 December 2021). "F1, l'arma segreta di Max Verstappen: l'uomo che gli ha cambiato la vita". Chepoker.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "Talking Bull: Team Radio". Red Bull Racing.

Red Bull Racing

Founder: Dietrich Mateschitz

Advisor to Red Bull GmbH: Helmut Marko

Team principal: Christian Horner

Chief Technical Officer: Adrian Newey

Personnel: Hugh Bird; Ben Hodgkinson [ja]; Gianpiero Lambiase; Paul Monaghan; Simon Rennie; Guillaume Rocquelin; Hannah Schmitz; Pierre Waché; Ben Waterhouse; Jonathan Wheatley

Former personnel: Rob Marshall; Ben Agathangelou; Mark Ellis; Dan Fallows; Mark Gallagher; Mark Gillan [ja]; Andrew Green; Neil Martin; Ciaron Pilbeam; Peter Prodromou; Mark Smith; Guenther Steiner; Dave Stubbs; Rob Taylor; Gavin Ward; Geoff Willis

Current race drivers: 1. Max Verstappen; 11. Sergio Pérez

2024 Reserve drivers: Liam Lawson; Sébastien Buemi; Jake Dennis

World champion(s): Sebastian Vettel; Max Verstappen

Drivers' titles: 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2021; 2022; 2023

Constructors' titles: 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2022; 2023

Sister team: RB Formula One Team

Red Bull Junior Team: Enzo Deligny; James Egozi; Oliver Goethe; Isack Hadjar; Ayumu Iwasa; Arvid Lindblad; Pepe Martí; Kacper Sztuka; Enzo Tarnvanichkul; Tim Tramnitz

Formula One cars: RB1; RB2; RB3; RB4; RB5; RB6; RB7; RB8; RB9; RB10; RB11; RB12; RB13; RB14; RB15; RB16; RB16B; RB18; RB19; RB20

Concept cars: X2010/X2011/X2014/X2019

Related: Red Bull Powertrains; Red Bull GmbH

v t e Force India Formula One Team
Founders Vijay Mallya Michiel Mol Notable personnel Bernadette Collins Steve Curnow Bob Fernley Mike Gascoyne Andrew Green Akio Haga James Key Colin Kolles Gianpiero Lambiase Subrata Roy Simon Roberts Tom McCullough Mark Smith Andy Stevenson Otmar Szafnauer Drivers Giancarlo Fisichella Nico Hülkenberg Vitantonio Liuzzi Esteban Ocon Sergio Pérez Paul di Resta Adrian Sutil Formula One cars VJM01 VJM02 VJM03 VJM04 VJM05 VJM06 VJM07 VJM08 VJM08B VJM09 VJM10 VJM11 Related Sahara India Pariwar United Spirits

Force India Formula One Team

Founders: Vijay Mallya; Michiel Mol

Notable personnel: Bernadette Collins; Steve Curnow; Bob Fernley; Mike Gascoyne; Andrew Green; Akio Haga; James Key; Colin Kolles; Gianpiero Lambiase; Subrata Roy; Simon Roberts; Tom McCullough; Mark Smith; Andy Stevenson; Otmar Szafnauer

Drivers: Giancarlo Fisichella; Nico Hülkenberg; Vitantonio Liuzzi; Esteban Ocon; Sergio Pérez; Paul di Resta; Adrian Sutil

Formula One cars: VJM01; VJM02; VJM03; VJM04; VJM05; VJM06; VJM07; VJM08; VJM08B; VJM09; VJM10; VJM11

Related: Sahara India Pariwar; United Spirits

v t e Spyker F1 Team
Personnel Mike Gascoyne Akio Haga James Key Colin Kolles Gianpiero Lambiase John McQuilliam Michiel Mol Andy Stevenson Drivers Adrian Sutil Christijan Albers Sakon Yamamoto Markus Winkelhock Formula One cars F8-VII Related Spyker Cars

v t e Midland F1 Racing
Founder Alex Shnaider Noted staff Adrian Burgess Akio Haga James Key Colin Kolles Gianpiero Lambiase John McQuilliam Andy Stevenson Drivers Christijan Albers Tiago Monteiro Test drivers Markus Winkelhock Giorgio Mondini Adrian Sutil Alexandre Prémat Ernesto Viso Roman Rusinov Max Biaggi Formula One car M16

v t e Jordan Grand Prix
Founder Eddie Jordan Notable staff Gary Anderson Bob Bell Adrian Burgess Trevor Carlin Henri Durand Jacky Eeckelaert Mark Gallagher Mike Gascoyne Andrew Green Akio Haga [ja] Eghbal Hamidy John Iley James Key Gianpiero Lambiase John McQuilliam Sam Michael Paul Monaghan Dave O'Neill [pt] Nicolò Petrucci Alex Shnaider Rob Smedley Mark Smith Andy Stevenson Dino Toso Jon Tomlinson John Walton Notable drivers Jean Alesi Rubens Barrichello Andrea de Cesaris Giancarlo Fisichella Heinz-Harald Frentzen Damon Hill Eddie Irvine Michael Schumacher Ralf Schumacher Jarno Trulli Formula One cars 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 EJ10 EJ10B EJ11 EJ12 EJ13 EJ14 EJ15 EJ15B