Red Bull Confirms Gianpiero Lambiase to Join McLaren as Team Principal
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- Category: Sports
- Language: EN
- Published: 2026-05-01 18:00 UTC
- Sources: Sky Sports
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies announced that Max Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase will leave Red Bull to become McLaren’s new team principal, signalling a significant personnel shift among the top teams.
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