About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Gianpiero Lambiase leaving Red Bull to join McLaren and its potential impact on Max Verstappen and the F1 paddock.

In more damaging for Red Bull, Max Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase is set to join McLaren in a multimillion pound deal. We react to some seismic news that could signal the start of some big changes across the F1 paddock over the next few seasons. So what could GP be tasked with at McLaren? And what does this mean for Max Verstappen?  There are only a handful of tickets left for our Delusion Tour live shows in Australia next month! Most are sold out, grab any last tickets here:  https://tix.to/p1aus Sign up to our Patreon for just $5 a month! You'll get access to every P1 episode ad-free, extended versions of every 2026 race review, early access to tickets & merch, and access to our Discord server where you can chat with us and other F1 fans! Click here to sign up now: http://patreon.com/mattp1tommy Follow us on socials! You can find us on  Twitter ,  Instagram ,  Twitch ,  YouTube  and  TikTok . P1 with Matt and Tommy is the world's biggest F1 podcast. Subscribe for new podcasts around every single race throughout the 2026 Formula 1 season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Tommy

Topics covered

• Formula 1
• team changes
• race engineering
• Max Verstappen
• McLaren
• Red Bull

Keywords

• Gianpiero Lambiase
• Max Verstappen
• Red Bull
• McLaren
• F1 news
• race engineer
• team changes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Red Bull, McLaren

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