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Racing Bulls · #30 · New Zealand

Liam Lawson & Alexandre Iliopoulos

A promotion from within: the team’s former tyre and senior performance engineer took over Lawson’s radio for 2026.

New for 2026[1][2]1 seasonNew in 2026

Liam Lawson’s driver profile →

Results

Together

New for 2026. Grand Prix starts only. Excludes Rounds 12-14 (Dutch, Italian, Spanish GPs), driven for Red Bull while Hadjar was injured.

Starts

14

Wins

0

Podiums

0

Poles

0

Points

54

2026 season

Championship position and points include sprints.

Position

P9

Points

75

Wins

0

Podiums

0

Poles

0

Driver career

Since 2023, with every team and engineer.

Starts

52

Wins

0

Podiums

0

Poles

0

Titles

0

Up to round 17, Singapore Grand Prix (2026-10-11).[3]

On the radio

Belgian Grand Prix, 2026 · Defending from Gasly with the battery.

LawsonWhat do you want now?

IliopoulosYou can boost now, you can boost now.

LawsonYeah, mate, it’s too late. Way too late.

Transcript as published[4]

Race engineer

Alexandre Iliopoulos

Not publicly stated

Liam Lawson's race engineer at Racing Bulls.[5][1]

Education

Not publicly stated.

Career

  1. Before 2016Michelin.[5]
  2. 2016–23Joined Toro Rosso as a trackside tyre performance engineer.[2]
  3. 2024–25Senior performance engineer.[2][6]
  4. 2026–Promoted to Lawson’s race engineer, replacing Ernesto Desiderio.[1]

Previously engineered

This is their first F1 race-engineer pairing.

Performance engineer

Not publicly confirmed

Racing Bulls has not named this engineer, and no reliable outlet has reported who it is.

Engineering lead at Racing Bulls

No trackside engineering lead has been publicly confirmed by a reliable source.

Worth knowing

  • Lawson raced for Red Bull at the Dutch, Italian and Spanish Grands Prix while Hadjar was injured; those three races are excluded from the "together" totals.[7]

Sources

  1. RacingNews365: Meet the 2026 F1 race engineers
  2. F1i: Liam Lawson change d'ingénieur de course
  3. Jolpica-F1: Ergast-compatible F1 results API
  4. PlanetF1: Liam Lawson Belgian Grand Prix 2026 team radio
  5. Motorsport.com: Every race engineer in F1 2026
  6. GPFans: F1 2026: Meet the stars of team radio
  7. Autosport: Hadjar set to make Red Bull return at Azerbaijan GP after injury recovery