{"id":511700,"date":"2026-06-26T07:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/511700\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T07:20:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:20:23","slug":"helmut-marko-responds-max-verstappen-red-bull-exit-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/511700\/","title":{"rendered":"Helmut Marko responds Max Verstappen Red Bull exit clause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Helmut Marko has weighed in on the performance-related exit clause that reportedly exists in Max Verstappen&#8217;s Red Bull contract.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen has endured a challenging start to the current season with just one podium finish in the opening seven rounds of the campaign.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>It has placed fresh speculation on the future of the four-time champion, <a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/max-verstappen-in-talks-with-red-bull-over-f1-future\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with talks between Verstappen and Red Bull set to continue this weekend.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull is keen to secure assurances that Verstappen will remain at the team next year and continue the partnership that has run for over 10 years.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Marko, who departed Red Bull at the end of 2025, has stated that Verstappen&#8217;s priority will be getting hold of a car that can compete at the front of the field.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor him, competitiveness always comes first,\u201d Marko told Kronen Zeitung.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll top drivers have performance-based exit clauses in their contracts. Discussions are likely taking place on that front right now.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be best if an agreement could be reached quickly.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The season has largely been controlled thus far by Mercedes&#8217; Kimi Antonelli, who has won five out of the opening four races.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The form of the Italian has surprised Marko, who stated: \u201cHe also started strong last year, but then made a lot of mistakes when the European part of the season began.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis time, he\u2019s impressive and really fast. That\u2019s what people want to see.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Helmut Marko has weighed in on the performance-related exit clause that reportedly exists in Max Verstappen&#8217;s Red Bull&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[110797,110800,110798,110801,110799,14302,180,85,46,10489,179,13316,15877,105],"class_list":["post-511700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}