Helmut Marko, Motor Sport Advisor at Red Bull, confirmed that Max Verstappen would still be at Red Bull in 2026.
The suspense ended. While his future seemed to be increasingly uncertain despite a contract binding it to Red Bull until 2028, Max Verstappen will indeed continue the adventure with the Austrian team. Helmut Marko, motor sports advisor at Red Bull, confirmed it to the German press.
“Yes, I can confirm that Max Verstappen will run for Red Bull in 2026”he said to RTL. His pursuit in the Red Bull stable has not been in doubt since this weekend and the Belgian Grand Prix.
Once again, the Red Bulls were struggling. Unable to compete with the McLaren of Lando Norris and Oscar Piestri, the Dutch must have been satisfied with fourth place, which earned him no less than 81 disbursements to the classification of the World Pilot Championship.
Max Verstappen forced to stay at Red Bull
Max Verstappen is necessarily disappointed, but if he benefited from a release clause allowing him to break his contract with Red Bull this year, it has become obsolete.
This output clause could only be activated if the native of Hasselt did not appear in the first three in the summer break. However, Max Verstappen is currently third with 28 points ahead of George Russell when only the Hungarian Grand Prix remains to be played before the summer break.
The quadruple world champion had only one solution to leave Red Bull before the end of his contract: put 120 million euros on the table to buy the last three years of his contract. This is obviously not the intention of the quadruple world champion.
