{"id":7523,"date":"2025-07-19T07:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/7523\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T07:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:31:08","slug":"mclaren-issue-surprising-max-verstappen-stance-as-mercedes-given-shock-verdict-racingnews365-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/7523\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren issue surprising Max Verstappen stance as Mercedes given shock verdict &#8211; RacingNews365 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\tVerstappen And Horner At Heart Of Packed F1 Rumour Mill<\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen and Christian Horner are front and centre in this summer&#8217;s packed F1 rumour mill, as RacingNews365 dives deep into the early Silly Season news. With Horner linked to Ferrari or Alpine, we explore whether he could handle a reduced role after decades of near-total control at Red Bull. Meanwhile, the Verstappen-to-Mercedes speculation resurfaces \u2014 but is such a move even logical with new regulations on the horizon?\u00a0<br \/>We also break down possible seats for 2026: will Sergio Perez lead Cadillac\u2019s F1 debut, and who could fill Red Bull\u2019s second seat alongside Max Verstappen? Plus, we take a closer look at Alpine\u2019s driver dilemma \u2014 will Franco Colapinto keep his seat at Spa, or is Jack Doohan poised for a return?\u00a0<br \/>Join RacingNews365 for a sharp, insightful look at the current F1 shake-up \u2014 and don\u2019t forget to like, subscribe, and follow for all the latest updates.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/verstappen-and-horner-at-heart-of-packed-f1-rumour-mill-f1-update\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Verstappen And Horner At Heart Of Packed F1 Rumour Mill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Verstappen And Horner At Heart Of Packed F1 Rumour Mill Max Verstappen and Christian Horner are front and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,2476,578,2479,2477,2480,2478,930,576,577,932,1885,2475,582,82],"class_list":["post-7523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}