Max Verstappen 's race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase will step up into a more senior role at Red Bull in part of a restructure to replace outgoing sporting director Jonathan Wheatley.

Long-serving sporting director Jonathan Wheatley is leaving Red Bull Racing to take up a new role as team principal of the nascent Audi Formula 1 project next year

At the Hungarian GP, Verstappen was called 'childish' by Lambiase following an afternoon of X-rated rants from the Dutchman, while his frustrations over Red Bull's performance struggles have begun to show in recent races.