Tom Hart to cover Verstappen’s race-engineer role for three F1 Grands Prix
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Tom Hart will cover Max Verstappen’s race-engineering duties at the United States, São Paulo and Las Vegas Grands Prix. Gianpiero Lambiase will remain at those events as Red Bull’s head of racing.
Max Verstappen will begin working with Tom Hart as his Red Bull race engineer at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix. Hart will cover the United States, São Paulo and Las Vegas rounds, taking over from Gianpiero Lambiase for three of the final six races of the 2026 season.
Lambiase will resume his normal duties at the Mexico City, Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix. At the three events Hart covers, Lambiase will remain on site as Red Bull’s head of racing. He is preparing to leave Red Bull for McLaren, potentially as early as late 2027.
Hart joined Red Bull as a race-engineering placement student in July 2012, moved to a simulator performance engineer role in November 2014 and was promoted to performance engineer in January 2020. He has long served with Lambiase on Verstappen’s engineering team.
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