Fresh questions over Max Verstappen’s Red Bull future as ‘important people’ leave

Does Max Verstappen's future lie away from Red Bull? Resp🉐ected Dutch F1 journalist has his say.

Max Verstappen at the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix
Max Verstappen at the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen’s F1 futureꦫ has once again been brought into question followinꦅg the departures of “important people” from Red Bull.

The reigning world champion’s future has been a hot topic this year after Mercedes’ public attempts to lure Verstappen to the team as Ferrari-bound 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton’s replacement for next season.

Amid some political turmoil within the Red Bull camp following the allegations of sexual harassment and coercive, controlling ﷽behaviour made a🔥gainst team principal Christian Horner, Verstappen’s future came into question.

Verstappen, who is under contract until the end of 2028, has repeatedly insist🐭ed he has no intention of leaving Red Bull, but his fuꦆture continues to be a talking point.

It recently emerged that Red Bull have tied down motorsport 🅰advisor Helmut Marko - whose own future appears tied to Verstappen’s - to a fresh commitment in a blow to their rivals’ hopes of poachin✱g the Dutchman.

Asked if he is confident Verstappen will stay at Red Bull in 2025, De Telegraaf journalist Erik van Haren told the F1 Nation Pod🅘cast: “Yes. T𓆏he thing is in Austria he said he would stay but it was of course after three or four questions.

“It was not that he said it right at the beginning. The third question it was, I think,ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ that was ‘yes or no?’ And of course he couldn’t say no because then there was a crisis that weekend.

“But I think it has always been his intention to stay for next for sure at Red Bull. Only when there is a big chaos, or in Jeddah I think when he said when there was speculation about Helmut Marko being suspended, then he was quite clear; ‘if he goes, I go’. That didn’t happen o🐬f course but I think it’s always his intention to stay at Red Bull for 2025.”

However, van Haren conceded it remains to be seen whether Adrian 🍌Newey and Jonathan W✃heatley’s exits will have impacted Verstappen’s thinking.

“But it’s a fair point as well, he said at the beginning of the year with all the questions, that for him it was important that important people at the team stay,” van Haren continued. “And now, it’s quit⛎e interesting to see that Newey and Wheatley are leaving a few months after each ot🍌her.

“That says that it’s not that quiet at Red Bull but of course you can say that with Jonathan Wheatley, he goes to Audi to be teꩲam principal. So you al🅘so can say ‘ok that’s a promotion for him to be team principal’. That space is not there at Red Bull because Christian Horner is in charge. So you can also say about that.

“I am curious what Max will say about that on Thursday in Zandvoort because of💎 course we will ask about that. I don’t think that will change anything for his plans for 2025, but for 2026, it will be very interesting what he will do.” 

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