Max Verstappen’s manager, Raymond Vermeulen, has moved to quell speculation surrounding the four-time F1 drivers’ champion’s future, insisting the Dutchman intends to see out his Red Bull contract despite ongoing rumours linking him with a move away.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Questions over Verstappen’s future have intensified in recent weeks as Red Bull continues to endure a difficult campaign.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old is in his 11th season with the Milton Keynes-based outfit, but appears set for his least successful campaign since joining the team.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The British Grand Prix proved particularly frustrating for Verstappen, whose race unravelled after the novel rotating rear wing on the RB22 had a failure for the second consecutive grand prix weekend.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
He ultimately ended up in the gravel, with his disappointment after the race only fuelling further speculation over his long-term future.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Those rumours gathered further pace when Vermeulen and Verstappen’s father, Jos, were seen meeting Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko in Amsterdam a week later.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
However, speaking to Austrian publication OE24, Vermeulen played down the significance of the meeting.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“That was a private meeting that had been arranged long ago,” he explained, backing up Marko’s account. “Also, Max’s sister got married.”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Vermeulen also addressed Verstappen’s plans beyond the current season, making it clear the 71-time grand prix winner has no intention of leaving Red Bull before the end of his current deal.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“There’s a lot being written about it,” he said. “But the truth is, Max wants to finish his time with Red Bull. He has a contract until 2028 and would like to fulfil it.”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
That statement also extends to the exit clause contained within Verstappen’s contract.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“The fact that this clause exists doesn’t mean we’ll activate it,” Vermeulen added. “We could have activated it in recent years as well, and we haven’t.”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen’s manager, Raymond Vermeulen, has moved to quell speculation surrounding the four-time F1 drivers’ champion’s future, insisting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803736,"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-803735","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\/803735","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=803735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}