Listen to this article Rocquelin is moving sideways to a new job overseeing the many drivers in the Red Bull junior programme after over 15 seasons with the Milton Keynes-based outfit. His former duties will be absorbed by Gianpiero Lambiase, who will continue to serve as Max Verstappen’s engineer on race weekends. Rocquelin, 47, made his name in Indycar racing with the PacWest and Newman-Haas teams before moving to Red Bull in 2008, initially as David Coulthard’s race engineer. He then switched to Sebastian Vettel, and was thus an integral part of the German’s four world championship titles in 2010-13. He became head of race engineering in 2015, contributing to a fifth drivers’ title with Verstappen in 2021. “The engineering team is continuing to evolve, and especially as we have to look at efficiencies with the budget cap, and so on,” said Horner. “I think ‘Rocky’ has done an amazing job trackside for us over the last 15 or 16 years, race engineering Sebastian to all of his race victories and world championships, and obviously leading the engineering team to last year’s success as well. Podium: race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, second place Fernando A …