Purple Bull is reportedly getting ready to recruit Aston Martin’s Tom McCullough as its new head of race engineering, changing Gianpiero Lambiase, who is ready to maneuver to McLaren.
Based on a report by German publication BILD, McCullough has been recognized because the particular person to take over the administration of Purple Bull’s trackside engineering operations.
The report states, “McCullough could be answerable for all operational issues on the racetrack and would coordinate the work of the engineers in the course of the grands prix.”
The potential transfer follows latest experiences that the British engineer will go away his present place as efficiency director at Aston Martin on the finish of the yr.
McCullough has been with the Silverstone-based staff for over 10 years, all through its time as Power India, Racing Level and Aston Martin. Throughout his time on the staff, he labored in various trackside efficiency roles earlier than he was moved away from the F1 undertaking.
Based on his LinkedIn profile on the time, he turned efficiency director for Aston Martin Efficiency Applied sciences.
Tom McCullough, Efficiency Director, Aston Martin F1 Staff, offers an interview
Picture by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Pictures
Previous to his time on the Silverstone outfit, McCullough served as an information engineer at Williams earlier than turning into a race engineer, working with drivers akin to Nico Hulkenberg, Rubens Barrichello and Bruno Senna, and had a short stint at Sauber as head of observe engineering.
This comes after Max Verstappen’s long-time race engineer Lambiase introduced he could be leaving his position at Purple Bull. On 9 April 2026, it was confirmed Lambiase had signed with McLaren as its chief racing officer and that he would be a part of the Woking outfit in 2028, if not earlier than.
Lambiase began his F1 profession as an information engineer for Jordan in 2005 earlier than turning into a race engineer when the staff transitioned to Power India. He joined Purple Bull in 2015, initially serving as Daniil Kvyat’s race engineer earlier than Verstappen joined in 2016. Lambiase was later promoted to move of racing in October 2024.
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