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Gianpiero Lambiase beszélt arról, hogyan szilárdult meg az évek során a kapcsolatuk a háromszoros F1-es világbajnok, akit „telhetetlenként” jellemzett.
Gianpiero Lambiase, who has been Max Verstappen’s race engineer at Red Bull in Formula 1 for years. Despite hearing Verstappen express himself more aggressively towards the engineer in the team radio even during the most dominant season, Christian Horner and the others always say that the relationship between engineer and driver is actually very good.
In Red Bull’s own podcast show, Talking Bulls, Lambiase himself spoke about their relationship with Verstappen and how it has changed over the years: „I think it’s natural that after seven or eight years we know each other inside and out and know what triggers the other person or how to embrace each other. So I think we know how to handle difficult situations and how to enjoy the better moments.”
„I think until three years ago, in 2018-2019-2020, when our car was not as competitive as the team and especially Max would have liked. We could already see how frustration was building up in him because he couldn’t fight for the championship back then. I would say we had some ups and downs in the middle years…”
„Since the 2021 season was so intense, I think our relationship and bond solidified that year, and the last year and this year were just a continuation of that. Yeah, I think he’s like a little brother to me.”
Both are insatiable and perfectionists.
Verstappen himself was present on the show and explained why he can still get upset over small mistakes even with such a dominant season:
„I still get annoyed. Even in a season as dominant as this one. The same goes for the races. We still want to win, we still want to do everything as perfectly as possible, even though no one is perfect. That’s why we sometimes still have arguments, but it’s all because reaching victory drives us. I think it’s good, because if it weren’t like this, then something would be wrong.”
Lambiase agreed with his driver: „They asked me to describe Max in one word. My word is ‘insatiable’ – which I think applies to me as well. It doesn’t matter how many races or championships we win, the important thing is that I think we are never completely satisfied, the bar is set so high for us. I would say we are both perfectionists in this regard, nothing is good enough. This motivates us to continue what we are doing and achieve the best possible.”
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