Pit Talk podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cThe future of Max Verstappen is most likely to be announced in Zandvoort. This is the last Grand Prix in the Netherlands.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big moment for Red Bull to keep Max on board and be able to attach him until 2028. That\u2019s the contract he\u2019s already signed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is only fair to the team to say that publicly to the media and to Red Bull: I will stay with you, so that we can focus on 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat will be an important topic of conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n
He believes Verstappen has now \u201cmissed the boat\u201d for an immediate move.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has to stay with Red Bull,\u201d said the Dutchman. \u201cThe alternatives have been dropped.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t see it happening again that Mercedes is pushing for Max, as they\u2019ve done in the past. Of course they already have the next superstar in their own team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Doornbos was referring to 19-year-old championship leader Kimi Antonelli, while he doubts Mercedes would want to place Verstappen alongside the Italian.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarketing-wise, that would be great, but sportingly, I think it would be a disaster to have those two guys in one team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf George continues to perform weakly and that becomes a problem, they can hire another second driver. Then you don\u2019t hunt the signature of a quadruple world champion anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko also hopes Verstappen stays, although he remains unimpressed by the team\u2019s current form.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d give the team a satisfactory rating,\u201d he told Kronen Zeitung.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re not always quick.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marko sees clear differences from Red Bull\u2019s successful recovery during the 2025 season. \u201cThey are not constantly fast,\u201d said the 83-year-old Austrian.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn addition, the collaboration between Max and his engineers does not seem to be going well either.\u201d<\/p>\n
He doubts Verstappen can mount another championship comeback.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe competition from McLaren and Ferrari is too big for that,\u201d said Marko. \u201cThe car is too unstable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI certainly wouldn\u2019t dare to make a bet on this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finally, when asked where Verstappen will drive in the future, Marko admitted he does not know.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really sincerely hope he stays.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(GMM) Max Verstappen (pictured) could finally confirm at Zandvoort that he will remain with Red Bull through 2028,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-837938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837938","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=837938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}