Christian Horner has praised race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase for his ability to deal with 'tough customer' Max Verstappen, describing him as Red Bull's Jason Statham. F1
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has joked race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase is the team's Jason Statham as he praised him for having"strength of character" to spar with Max Verstappen.Verstappen and Lambiase raised eyebrows with a vocal disagreement over their run plan during Friday qualifying.
When asked about the episode, Horner praised Lambiase for having a strong character to deal with a"demanding customer" in Verstappen, jokingly likening Lambiase to square-jawed Hollywood action hero Jason Statham.you've got to have strength of character, because he is one tough customer," Horner said.
"The only problem is that conversation between the two of them, 200 million people are listening to. But there's a great bond and a great trust between the two. There's no counselling required."Verstappen revealed that his messages on making another pitstop to attack the fastest lap were partly meant as a joke, admitting: “I know the team doesn’t like to do another stop, but I like to mention it, so they might get a bit nervous...
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