{"id":382960,"date":"2025-12-31T16:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/382960\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:53:08","slug":"max-verstappen-handed-decisive-future-verdict-after-f1-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/382960\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen handed decisive future verdict after F1 exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max Verstappen has long flirted with the idea of an early retirement from F1.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman has made it perfectly clear that becoming the most decorated driver in F1 history is not his primary motivation.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Bull has said in the past that he will continue so long as he is having fun, after accomplishing his goal of becoming an F1 drivers&#8217; champion in 2021 \u2014 before winning the three subsequent titles.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst there is persistent speculation over his future within F1, and whether he will remain at the Milton Keynes-based team long-term, seeing out his contract that runs until the end of 2028, there is equal intrigue over what he might do after he walks away from the championship.<\/p>\n<p>He has stated that his next contract in F1 will be his last, with the caveat that he must still enjoy the series, but what should he do after?<\/p>\n<p>In a recent poll conducted by RacingNews365, F1 fans handed down a clear verdict on what the 71-time grand prix winner should turn his hand to.<\/p>\n<p>Building on his interest in GT3 racing and endurance events, over 75% of respondents said the 28-year-old should turn to the World Endurance Championship, which seems the most likely option at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full results from the latest poll by RacingNews365 below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen has long flirted with the idea of an early retirement from F1. The Dutchman has made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336066,"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":{"0":"post-382960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-daniel-ricciardo","11":"tag-f1-calendar","12":"tag-f1-live","13":"tag-f1-results","14":"tag-f1-standings","15":"tag-ferrari","16":"tag-formula-1","17":"tag-lewis-hamilton","18":"tag-max-verstappen","19":"tag-motor","20":"tag-motor-sports","21":"tag-motorsport","22":"tag-motosport","23":"tag-motosports","24":"tag-racing","25":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382960","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=382960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}