Max Verstappen’s exit from Red Bull this year would trigger a case of \u201cmusical chairs\u201d, according to two-time F1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Verstappen has a contract in place until the end of the 2028 campaign, having signed an extension after winning his first title five years ago.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
However, the deal is rumoured to include performance-based exit clauses, which have been a topic of conversation this year amid Red Bull’s slip in the pecking order.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Verstappen has not yet officially confirmed his spot on the grid for next year, with some theories linking him with a move to a rival team or an exit from F1 altogether.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Fittipaldi, however, recognises that the Dutchman appears to hold loyalty to Red Bull.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always difficult to give an opinion on what\u2019s going on,\u201d he told F1.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know his relationship. I don\u2019t know what they are doing for next year.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cMax is an incredible talent. He carries his car on his back. I think he has a big loyalty to the team, and I like that.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cI always liked to run many years on a team, as much as I could go. I think he has this loyalty.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
However, Fittipaldi does not rule out the possibility of Verstappen exiting his Red Bull seat – which he predicts would lead to a major shift in driver line-ups throughout the field.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cBut possibly, he can leave,\u201d he said. \u201cIf that happened, it would be musical chairs. It\u2019s going to move everybody.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this part of F1 is exciting. The fans, \u2018Who\u2019s going to be [there]? Where are they going?\u2019 It\u2019s part of the sport.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen’s exit from Red Bull this year would trigger a case of \u201cmusical chairs\u201d, according to two-time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846028,"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-848974","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\/848974","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=848974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}