“” It’s time to end rumors. This Thursday, Max Verstappen broke the silence to bring a clear denial to its departure of the Red Bull Team Transcribed in the press for many weeks already.
While Radio Paddocks lent him advanced contacts with the Mercedes stable lately, the Quadruple F1 world champion wanted to specify its line of conduct. “” It has always been very clear to me that I would stay “, Dixit the Batavian around a press briefing.
At the beginning of the month, the interested party had already shown himself clear on the issue. “” I have nothing to add to these rumors. I have already answered these questions. The more I talk about this, the more we talk about it. I prefer to avoid. It’s not like, suddenly, I wanted to change my team. I have a contract with Red Bull. “”
Verstappen is already preparing 2026
Under contract with the structure with a red bull until the end of the 2028 season, Max Verstappen wants to believe in a rebound in competitiveness of his current team. “” I can confirm that I will pilot a red bull in 2026 “, He thus reaffirmed, joining in the words a helmut Marko who earlier during the day had announced the color.
The talks with Mercedes, Max Verstappen does not deny them but claims to have held away, leaving his representatives to feed such dialogues. “” Personally, I never really talked about it, because I was just focused on discussions with the team concerning the way we could improve our performance, as well as our ideas for next year. “”
It is therefore a 2026 season full of hope that it already prepares for the troublemaker. “” For us, this year, it will be very difficult to compete with McLaren. I think it’s already quite difficult to compete with Ferrari and Mercedesunderlines Max Verstappen. But I also think that there is still a lot to learn about the car and its behavior. Of course, I know that the cars will be different next year, but there are still things that can be drawn from this year in terms of engineering and that we can implement for next year. “”
