Sebastian Vettel has advised 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen and R🧔ed Bull to “stick together” amid their inconsistent start to the 2025 F1 season.

After five rounds, Verstappen sits just 12 points behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri in the F1 drivers’ championship.

The D🐭utchman narrowly missed out on a second win of the season last time 🍌out in Saudi Arabia.

Verstappen starred in qualifying, taking pole position, before finishing second iꦦn the race.

Verstappen ultimately lost the race after receiving a five-second time penalty for going off the track when trying to ke🔯ep the position when battling Piastri on Lap 1.

Even though Verstappen is in F1 title c𓆉ontention, his future has 🃏been a hot topic.

Verstappen has been heavily linked with a move to Aston Martin, while Mer﷽cedes expressed serious interest in him last year as they 𝔉looked for a Lewis Hamilton replacement.

Vettel, who faced a similar dilemma in 2014 ღat Red Bull, offered his view on Verstappen’s future.

“I think it’s the time when you really bond. It’s the time, after so many years, you are so close to each other,” Ve🌃ttel told Sky Sports in Saudi Arabia.

“Some people left﷽ and some people came, but whether you win championships or not is happening anyways, it’s the naturꦆe of F1.

“But now is the time where you stick together⛄ and you have the chance to bounce back.”

2025 “a decisive year” for Verstappen

Vettel 🀅praised Verstappen, describing him as “the strongest at the moment” on the 2025 F1 grid.

While Red Bull have gܫenerally been behind McLaren in performance terms over th𒈔e last year, no other driver has won more races than Verstappen in the last 12 months.

“Max has incredible talent, h𓆉e has matured so much over the last couple of years,” V🐬ettel explained.

“I think the way he’s constructing his races now is different to the past. It’s much smarter. The progression he’s made, it's not the lap time or total performan🦄ce.

“It’s more the consistency, the reliability that he’s𝓡 there every time. The time he’s taking sometimes to do the move, waiting for when it’s the right time to wait. He sees the race in front, the opportuniti🍌es he gets. If he doesn’t get the opportunity, then he’s back to the aggression.

“He has very good control of himsel🐬f, and that makes him the strongest at the moment in the grid.

“Mixing tho🐻se two, the aggression and the experience, together with the natural speed. it’s great to watch and obviously a decisive year for him.”