‘It’s not qualifying’ - Max Verstappen and Gianpiero Lambiase’s latest radio tiff at F1 Italian GP

The tone of Max Verstappen’s radio exchanges with his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase once again raised eyebrows during Friday practice at the F1 Italian Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racin
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racin

Not for the first time this season, Verstappen was heard engaging in a frosty debate with his Red Bull race engineer in second practice at Monza.&nbs🧜p;

Frustrated that his sole low-fuel run on soft tyres had been hampered by traffic ꦕin the middle sector, Verstappen wanted to go for another attempt but saw his request denied by Lambiase. 

“We’re not going to try again? Becaus🔴e I had a s*** read,” Verstappen questioned. 

“It’s not qualifying, Max,” Lambiase retorted🌊 in a rather d❀ismissive tone.

To which, 🐎Verstappen responded: “Yeah I know, but I want to have a p🅰roper read.”

Verstappen, who is hunting for a record-breaking 10th consecutive victory this weekend, ended up an unfamiliar fifth in the timesheets and behind teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez

As the session came to its conclusion, Lambiase was heard sarcastically 𓆉asking Verstappen: “Did you learn anything?”

“No, not really,” the two⭕-time world champion replied, before Lambiase responded: “Well done.”

‘It’s not qualifying’ - Verstappen and Lambiase’s latest radio tiff

Verstappen and Lambiase made headlines for their confrontational radio messages - including an expletive-laden rant during qualifying - that🐎 were broadcast across the Belgian Grand Prix weekend. 

"That's how we operate,” Verstap🐷pen told Sky F1 in Belgium. "I think we 𝄹know each other very well from all the years we have been working together.” 

Red B🍌ull t𒅌eam principal Christian Horner also downplayed the heated exchanges at the time. 

"♋I think to race engineer Ma💝x Verstappen, you've got to have strength of character because he is one tough customer," Horner said.

"Many race engineers would crumble under that pressur🅺e and GP has got the strength of character to deal wi🦹th that.

"He deals wit𒁃h him firmly, but fairly and there's a great respect between the two of them. That comes out of a mutual trust that you must have wi🦩th an engineer.

"The only problem is that conversation between the two of them has 200 million people listening, but there's a great bond between the two of them and a great trust betw🔯een the two."

Read More