Verstappen gets different race engineer for Austrian GP

Max Verstappen will have a familiar face on the Red Bull pit wall at the Austrian Grand Prix, as Simon Rennie steps in as his race engineer. Gianpiero Lambiase, Verstappen's long-standing engineer since 2016 and architect of his four world titles, will be absent for personal reasons, set to return for the British Grand Prix. Rennie, a veteran Red Bull employee and current Group Leader of Simulation Engineering, brings a wealth of experience, having previously engineered Daniel Ricciardo and Mark Webber at Red Bull, and Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen during his Renault/Lotus tenure. This marks the first time Verstappen will race without 'GP' by his side, with Rennie tasked to guide the championship leader to further success.