1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill believes 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen should consider taking ♊a sabbatical if Red Bull’s perfoꦍrmance doesn’t improve.

Verstappen’s F1 future has continued to be a hot to꧃pic since Helmut Marko expressed concerns that Red Bull could lose their star driver if the team’s on-track performance doesn’t improไve.

Red Bull have been consistently out-perform🌠ed by McLaren over th♊e last year.

It means Verstappen is unlikely to win a fif🥀th 🗹consecutive F1 drivers’ title this year.

Verstappen is thought to have an exit clause in 🤪his F1 contract linked to Red Bull’s performance.

As a result, speculation has ✃been rife about Verstappen possibly making the switch t꧋o either Mercedes or Aston Martin.

Despite showing interest in Vܫerst𝄹appen last year, Toto Wolff has insisted he’s happy with his current driver line-up.

Aston Martin have 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso and168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lance Stroll locked down for 2026.

Even if they’re able to offer Verstappen an extraordinary conꦜtract in terms of salary, their on-track performance alone wouldn’t give Verstappen much optimism.

Hill weighs in on Verstappen’s future

One poss💯ibility for🍌 Verstappen is taking a sabbatical.

Another fac🍷tor in play is the recent birth of his daughter, Lily.

A year away from the sport would allow Verstappen to spend time with ▨his daughter and weigh ♍up which team is performing best in 2026.

2026🍃 sees the introduction of entirely new engines and vastly different chassis rules, meaning the competitive order i🀅s likely going to be shaken-up.

Giving his view on Verstappen’s F1 future, Hill said on the BBC’s Chequered Fl🌞ag podcast: “I mean, Red Bull are fighting to re🌳tain Max Verstappen.

“I mean, there is a clause in the contract. It’s been explained quite clearly that there’s a performance clause, and if they don’t match the performance clause, and let’sꦉ be honest, he’s never delivering less than 100%.

“If they don’t give him that, then he’s free to𝔉 go wherever he wants. So, Red Bull are under෴ pressure.

“Where can he go? I don’t know. George is on the verge of signing, they say, ꦗwith Mercedes again, and then that’s that blocked out. I don’t kn🅰ow.

“I think he could. It might be a wise thing to do when you can see which way the wind’s going to blow after these new regula♐tion changes.

“He’s young, he’s won fo﷽ur world championships, 🔜he’s won goodness how many races.

“No🌼body knows what’s on the other side of the end of this season. What is going to happen?

“He could sit back next year and go, OK, I can see which way the future’s going to go for the next 10 years and whatever team is doing ༺well will find the money to pay for having Max.”