Tom McCullough will join the Red Bull Formula One team as head of racing starting January 1, 2027, replacing Gianpiero Lambiase in the role [1, 2, 3]. McCullough currently serves as performance director at Aston Martin and has extensive experience in Formula One, having spent more than a decade with Aston Martin and its predecessors Force India and Racing Point, as well as previous roles at Williams and Sauber [2]. He is reported to be 50 years old [2].
The head of racing position at Red Bull oversees all aspects of the race team under team principal Laurent Mekies [2]. Red Bull expressed enthusiasm about McCullough’s appointment, stating, "We're delighted to welcome Tom to the team at the beginning of 2027 and look forward to the wealth of experience and expertise he will bring to the role" [1].
Gianpiero Lambiase, currently Red Bull’s head of racing and Max Verstappen’s race engineer, is set to move to McLaren no later than 2028 [1, 2, 3]. At McLaren, Lambiase will take on a supporting function to team principal Andrea Stella in a chief racing officer capacity [1, 3]. Details on whether McCullough’s arrival will hasten Lambiase’s release from Red Bull remain unclear [2]. Lambiase is reported to be 45 years old [1, 3].
In January 2025, McCullough was reassigned within Aston Martin to its performance technologies division as part of a team restructure [2]. Lambiase’s move to McLaren was publicly announced in April 2026 [1, 3].
McCullough’s start date at Red Bull is set for January 1, 2027, with Lambiase expected to join McLaren by 2028 at the latest [1, 2, 3].
