Formula 1 News: McLaren eyes early Lambiase arrival amid upgrade doubts

(GMM) McLaren CEO Zak Brown hopes to bring Max Verstappen’s long-time race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase (pictured talking with Brown) to Woking a year earlier than initially expected – as doubts emerge over the McLaren team’s latest aerodynamic upgrade. McLaren has already confirmed Lambiase’s recruitment from Red Bull, with an arrival originally expected by 2028. But Brown told Sky at Sepang that he is targeting a much earlier start. “I’m optimistic that we’ll see him in papaya at some point next year,” he said. Lambiase has worked alongside Verstappen since 2016 and will take up the newly created role of chief...