P1racenews AI automatic summary:
The departure of a key senior figure has prompted a major reshuffle at Milton Keynes.
Red Bull is restructuring its organization following Jonathan Wheatley’s departure, with Max Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase being promoted to a more senior role. Lambiase will now serve as head of racing, overseeing the race, heritage, and car build teams, as well as leading Red Bull’s strategy group and focusing on sporting regulations. He will also continue to engineer Verstappen and report to technical director Pierre Wache. Steve Knowles will become acting head of sporting, concentrating on regulatory matters, and will report to Lambiase. Rich Wolverson’s role will expand to head of race team operations, overseeing day-to-day operations, and Gerrard O’Riley will lead race team support and logistics, reporting to Lambiase. Additionally, Phil Turner has been promoted to race team factory operations manager under Wolverson’s leadership.
