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countingstars-17 · 2 days
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GP on his relationship with Max:
"I honestly see Max as a younger brother. We can talk about anything and anyone at any time. We're at the point where we just felt completely relaxed and at ease with each other. Maybe I am speaking out of turn, but I don't think I would have any interest in working with another driver now. Having had the success that we have enjoyed together with Max, I don't think it would be fair on another driver, to try and replicate what we have achieved with Max."
Max on his relationship with GP:
"I have said to him I only work with him. As soon as he stops, I stop too. We get along really well and we know exactly what we want from each other, which way we want to go. Our relationship is more like a marriage. We just have to determine who is the husband and who is the wife. Sometimes we're screaming and shouting a little bit at each other, but it's good."
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maxarchive · 3 days
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Fear, faith, friendship: Inside F1’s most precious relationship
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When now-triple world champion Max Verstappen was first promoted to the Red Bull team mid-season in 2016, race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase was tasked with moulding an 18-year-old possessing both supreme talent and a frank demeanour with only a few days' notice.
"I had experience working with multiple drivers before Max, and that was one of the biggest helps in terms of hitting the ground running with him. I think if I would have been a newbie to my role - I won't quite say he would have eaten me alive, but I'm not sure he would have had that respect for a junior engineer."
Their relationship was an immediate success. Verstappen became the youngest race winner in F1 history, finishing first on his debut at the Spanish Grand Prix. But, generally, the first few years of Lambiase and Verstappen's partnership were spent chasing perennial frontrunners Mercedes.
"Max learned some really harsh lessons in the two or three years before 2021. His racecraft really was something that we focused on, making sure we were just picking up points when it wasn't possible to win a race. We were concentrating on building his consistency, needing to be finishing every race, maybe not putting himself in a situation where he can end up in a 50/50 accident with another driver."
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Sometimes, though, tension between driver and race engineer can spill over in the most high-pressure moments.
Now in his ninth season working with Verstappen, having won the championship in each of the past three seasons, Lambiase's voice is a staple of every F1 broadcast and has become recognisable to fans all around the world.
The pair's success does not mean their communications are entirely straightforward.
"I think it is inevitable in any relationship that there are disagreements. The first port of call is acceptance of that. Secondly, you need to have faith in each other that it is for the greater good rather than there being any kind of malicious undertone. That is at the core of the relationship. As an engineer, I need to understand that ultimately Max is in the hot seat, not me. So while we are all working in a pressurised environment, the driver is at a level well beyond that. As an older citizen I would like to think I am mature enough to step back and let him vent when necessary, but to also make him understand why decisions are being made. If I was a yes man, I would have been gone long ago. We have just got that honesty in the relationship between us that we can be blunt and straight-talking when needed."
As well as coping with adrenaline themselves, race engineers must manage the pressure on their racers.
The 2021 campaign was arguably the most intense in F1's 74-year history. After an acrimonious year marked by heavy collisions between the pair on track and serial sparring between their respective team principals in the paddock, Verstappen and rival Lewis Hamilton's title fight came down to the wire at the season finale in Abu Dhabi.
"I wouldn't want to repeat 2021 in a hurry. It was incredibly competitive on and off the track [but] sometimes I think it went beyond the realms of sport. In terms of taking that pressure away from Max, I tried to stress with everybody here that we continued as normal. We treated every race as a single event rather than trying to look too far down the line at what could be."
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In some cases though, the idea of starting afresh following the end of such a deep connection doesn't appeal any more.
"I honestly see Max as a younger brother. We can talk about anything and anyone at any time. We're at the point where we just felt completely relaxed and at ease with each other. Maybe I am speaking out of turn, but I don't think I would have any interest in working with another driver now. Having had the success that we have enjoyed together with Max, working with one of the greatest talents that the sport has ever seen, I don't think it would be fair on another driver, from their perspective or mine, to try and replicate what we have achieved with Max."
In Formula 1, as in all our lives, the magic of the most special relationships will always remain utterly unique.
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thissying · 2 days
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Max & GP pre-race, GP Australia, 2024
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rb19 · 1 month
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chilibambooooo · 25 days
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slowestlap · 6 months
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Max playing padel ahead of the 2023 Qatar GP [x]
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tyrannosaurus-maxy · 3 months
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2023 via Max's hands
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overtake · 7 days
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fp1 | australia 2024
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lestappenfiles · 1 month
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Max and GP | Bahrain 2024 by James Moy. (edited)
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verstappcns · 6 months
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will be thinking about this for the next couple of months x
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maxielonceagain · 7 months
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Full circle.. 😂❤️🦎
2016—> 2023
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paddockpatrol · 5 months
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The day Max and I don't work together anymore in this set-up is the day I will look for a different challenge. I also don't think it's fair to another driver to try and recreate what I've done with Max since May 2016. I see this as something incredibly special and I don't think it will happen again. So, I hope that we can continue this way at least until 2028. Unless he or the team decides something else, of course.
GP Lambiase in De Telegraaf
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rb19 · 5 months
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Talking Bull Podcast: Max Verstappen & Gianpiero Lambiase
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grogumaximus · 6 days
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Max: That car ahead of the Mercedes, I think he's having a fucking coffee!
GP: I think he definitely should stay off the coffee.
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slowestlap · 6 months
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Max qualifying P1 with a 1:28.877 (-0.581 to P2) | Japanese GP, 2023 [x]
Int: Tell us what was the thing Max said "I told you there was a 28"? Did you not believe there was a 28 in the car? And he was saying "I can definitely do a 28"? CH: GP started winding him up before the last run, to say let's see a 28. I said to GP I'd like to see four wheels on the car at the end of it - M: There you go, 28 GP: Duly taken CH: That was outstanding, Max. Absolutely outstanding
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tyrannosaurus-maxy · 5 months
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Max according to the people important to him 🤗
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