Christian Horner has revealed that Max Verstappen's current engineer was hired by Red Bull back in 2015 after a long process that included him being interviewed by Sebastian Vettel. F1
at what was then called Force India and has been Red Bull’s head of race engineer since last summer.
In an exclusive interview with Motorsport.com, Horner explained how Vettel – then engineered by Guillaume Rocquelin, better known as ‘Rocky’ after his own radio exchanges with the German a decade ago gained fame – had taken a key role in ensuring Lambiase signed for Red Bull. “GP has grown a huge amount,” Horner said of Lambiase. “GP originally came as a replacement to Rocky, who was stepping up into the role as head of race engineering – the role that GP effectively has now.
“And he went through a gruelling process that included being interviewed at length by Sebastian to become Rocky’s successor [as Vettel’s race engineer].Photo by: Andre Vor / Sutton Images
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