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Liam Lawson will have a major change in 2026 with a new voice in his ear at Racing Bulls.
RacingNews365 confirms that Liam Lawson will have a new race engineer at Racing Bulls for the 2026 F1 season.
After collaborating with Ernesto Desiderio post his return from Red Bull in 2025 and switching with Yuki Tsunoda, Lawson will team up with Alexandre Iliopoulos this season.
Iliopoulos has been with the team since October 2016, starting as a trackside tyre performance engineer, and has gradually progressed to become a senior performance engineer.
Prior to his F1 career, Iliopoulos spent time at Michelin between 2011 and 2016, holding degrees in aeronautics, including a Master of Science from Imperial College London.
Meanwhile, new teammate Arvid Lindblad will be paired with veteran Pierre Hamelin, who has a history of engineering for drivers like Pierre Gasly, Daniel Ricciardo, and Max Verstappen during their early seasons in F1.
