Verstappen engineer earns major promotion as Singapore specials revealed - RacingNews365 Review

Lambiase promotion

Good news if you are Gianpiero Lambiase. 

Max Verstappen's engineer has received a huge new promotion as part of an internal restructure at the team in the aftermath of sporting director Jonathan Wheatley's jumping ship to become team principal of Stake/Audi. 

Full details below. 

READ MORE: Red Bull announces major restructure after key departure

Double denim?

Special liveries are all the rage in Singapore, with Mercedes running a special Petronas tribute, but Red Bull has elected to drop its planned design in order to save weight. 

But that hasn't stopped sister team RB from doing so - with the first fashion-inspired livery in F1 since the iconic United Colours of Benetton in the mid-1990s. 

READ MORE: RB reveal special Singapore livery after Red Bull axe

Wolff on Antonelli

Andrea Kimi Antonelli is the next rung off the junior ranks - but minutes into his debut in practice at Monza, he shunted George Russell's W15 into the barrier having tried to set a pole position lap in FP1. 

Nonetheless, Toto Wolff has backed his young star as he continues to develop and learn ahead of a 2025 debut. 

READ MORE: Wolff backs Antonelli to learn from 'valuable' F1 lesson

Leclerc's title warning

Who will win the constructors' championship?

The last time we had a three-way fight was in 2010, as McLaren now in the pound seat after ending Red Bull's near 900-day run at the top of the standings stretching back to the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix. 

Whilst Ferrari racer Charles Leclerc concedes the drivers' is probably out of reach, he's not so sure about the constructors'...

READ MORE: Leclerc fires McLaren, Red Bull warning over F1 title