Max Verstappen has failed to rule out a potential move to Ferrari before he hangs up his F1 racing helmet.<\/p>\n
Verstappen’s F1 future has been a consistent talking point this year, and the Dutchman was long linked with a move to Mercedes before confirming he would stay put at Red Bull for 2026.<\/p>\n
With Lewis Hamilton contracted at Ferrari until the end of next year, it has been suggested the Italian squad could be a future destination for Verstappen.<\/p>\n
While Verstappen stated a move for the 2026 campaign is not an option, the four-time champion did not rule out the possibility of a switch in the years to come.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have two drivers contracted for next year, so there is no discussion anyway,\u201d Verstappen said, as quoted by motorsport.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, is there a chance? Yes, there are a lot of chances in life for any kind of decision.<\/p>\n
“Of course, at the moment that is not on the horizon, but who knows? I don’t even know how long I’m driving in Formula 1, so there are still a lot of unknowns for me.<\/p>\n
“It’s always very difficult to know what is going to happen, right?”<\/p>\n
Ferrari is enduring a period of difficult form and has not claimed an F1 title since topping the constructors’ championship in 2008.<\/p>\n
The Italian squad is the most successful in the sport’s history and is seen as a dream destination for many drivers due to its long history with F1.<\/p>\n
Verstappen asserted that any such move to the team would only be carried out in the interest of performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Ferrari is a massive brand,\u201d he said. \u201cAll the drivers, they see and they picture themselves there, \u2018I would like to drive for Ferrari.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think that’s also where the mistake comes, just to drive for Ferrari.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I would ever want to go there, I don’t go there just to drive for Ferrari, I go there because I see the opportunity to win.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if you win with Ferrari, that’s even better. And that’s I think where you shouldn’t let yourself get guided just because of the emotions and passion of a brand, you need to go there because you feel that is the right place to go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen has failed to rule out a potential move to Ferrari before he hangs up his F1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-123125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}