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Verstappen dealt absence blow at Austrian Grand Prix
Max Verstappen will be without his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase in Austria this weekend due to private circumstances. Instead, Simon Rennie will be stepping in, communicating with Verstappen via team radio for the 11th round of the 2025 campaign. Rennie, a British engineer with experience working with Daniel Ricciardo and Alex Albon, will fill in temporarily before Verstappen’s regular engineer returns for the next race at Silverstone. The relationship between Verstappen and Lambiase plays a crucial role in Red Bull’s success, with the engineer assisting in strategy, performance improvement, and car management. Verstappen will rely on Rennie to guide him to victory at the Red Bull Ring after finishing second in Canada.
