Jonathan Wheatley is set to leave Red Bull for AudiAdrian Newey is also set to leave Red Bull in early 2025
Red Bull 'split' could affect Max Verstappen
According to Autosport, Red Bull could split the sporting director position currently held by Wheatley, with some of the responsibilities being handed to Verstappen's race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase as they look to avoid an external appointment.
Lambiase has become a familiar voice and face to fans of the sport in recent years, largely due to his radio communications with the three-time champion.
As well as being Verstappen's race engineer, Lambiase is also currently Red Bull's head of race engineering.
It remains to be seen how a Lambiase promotion would affect Max Verstappen
It remains to be seen what Lambiase's new role would look like were the sporting director role to be split, but the above report claims that another individual would be responsible for communicating with the FIA - not the British-Italian.
We saw during the 2021 season finale at Abu Dhabi just how crucial that communication can be, so it makes sense that the team would want an individual to solely focus on this during a race weekend.
If that responsibility was not to be given to Lambiase, it could perhaps continue to see him act as Verstappen's race engineer, although that is simply an inference at this stage and not explicitly stated in the report.
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