Although Max Verstappen’s sporting future after this season is still uncertain, it is now clear who will be his permanent race engineer if he stays longer at Red Bull. Performance engineer Tom Hart will take over the position of the departing Gianpiero Lambiase at the Austrian team.
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Lambiase will leave by 2028 at the latest (but probably earlier) for McLaren. Hart, in turn, was actually on his way to Williams. He was supposed to work there as race engineer for Alex Albon, but that decision has been reversed, according to De Telegraaf, after a request from Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies to his Williams colleague James Vowles.
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Incidentally, the decision regarding Hart says nothing about a possible longer stay of Verstappen at Red Bull. Because even if the four-time world champion leaves after this season, Hart will take the new position at Red Bull.
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