Sky Sports pundit hails 'NO NONSENSE' Max Verstappen ally in glowing Sebastian Vettel comparison

Max Verstappen

Sky Sports pundit hails 'NO NONSENSE' Verstappen ally in glowing Vettel comparison

The reigning world champion made headlines at Spa with one of his relationships under the spotlight

Joe Ellis

Saturday 5 August 2023 13:57

Max Verstappen's race engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, has been hailed by Sky Sports pundits for dealing with the world champion.

The two were heard multiple times during the Belgian GP in back-and-forths with differing opinions, sparking fans to wonder if the relationship was breaking down.

All parties have since quashed those rumours and commentator David Croft sees the two being the perfect combination on the airwaves.

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Karun Chandhok, a former F1 driver, also compared the two to Sebastian Vettel and Guillaume Rocquelin during Red Bull's previous dominant era.

Croft: He takes no nonsense

"They are the best combination for each other, that they could possibly have," Croft said on the Sky Sports F1 podcast.

"GP [Lambiase] is vastly experienced, he's been around the sport a long, long time. He used to be Paul di Resta's race engineer for many years at Force India.

Gianpiero Lambiase is always cool, calm and collected on the radio, helping Max Versappen be so dominant

"He takes no nonsense from Max but understands there will be times his driver gets a bit hot-headed, isn't in full control of the facts, would like to make the decisions himself and will get a little bit irate when it's not quite what he envisaged."