Lambiase was born on 14 October 1980 in Bedford, England, to Italian parents. He graduated from university-college-london with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and entered Formula One in 2005 with jordan-grand-prix. He remained with the Silverstone-based outfit through its transformations into Midland, spyker, and force-india. In 2008, he worked as a performance engineer for giancarlo-fisichella, contributing to Force India's first pole position and podium at the 2009 belgian-grand-prix. In 2010, he became a race engineer for vitantonio-liuzzi; when Liuzzi left at the end of that season, Lambiase took the same role for paul-di-resta, whom he worked with for three years. Di Resta was replaced by sergio-perez in 2014, and Lambiase served as Pérez's race engineer for one season before moving to Red Bull Racing.
At Red Bull, Lambiase joined daniil-kvyat as a race engineer in 2015 and retained his position when Kvyat was replaced by Max Verstappen. As race engineer, Lambiase is responsible for all trackside communications with the driver and the setup of the car. He is known for his direct and precise radio communications, which Verstappen has frequently praised.
In 2022, Lambiase took over as Head of Race Engineering from guillaume-rocquelin, while continuing as Verstappen's race engineer.
In October 2024, following the announced departure of former Sporting Director and Team Manager jonathan-wheatley, who became Team Principal of sauber, rebranded as audi for the 2026 season, Lambiase was promoted to Head of Racing, effective from the start of the 2025 season. In this capacity, he assumed responsibility for the race, heritage, and car build departments, and was tasked with coordinating strategic liaison and compliance with sporting regulations. Red Bull chose to divide Wheatley's former responsibilities rather than appoint a direct successor. Reporting above Lambiase in the hierarchy are Technical Director pierre-wache and Team Principal laurent-mekies; reporting to him are Acting Head of Sporting steve-knowles and Head of Race Team Operations richard-wolverson.
During the 2025 austrian-grand-prix weekend, Lambiase missed his first Formula One race weekend with Verstappen due to personal reasons. simon-rennie, Group Leader of Simulation Engineering, stepped in as both race engineer and acting Head of Racing. Rennie performed the same dual role at the 2025 belgian-grand-prix weekend when Lambiase was again absent.
On 9 April 2026, it was announced that Lambiase will leave Red Bull at the expiry of his contract at the end of 2027 to join mclaren no later than 2028 as Chief Racing Officer, reporting directly to Team Principal andrea-stella.
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