Seven-time💞 world champion Hamilton’s Mercedes future remains unclear with his contract expiring⛎ at the end of the current season and no extension signed as yet. 

Ferrari are reportedly preparing a £40m offer to Hamilton in a bid to lure the Briton away from Mercedes and continue his pursuit of 🌌a record eighth world title at t☂he Italian outfit. 

Asked whether he thinks Hamilton will stay put at Mercedes or leave, Verstap꧃pen replied: “I’m not betting, I’m also not interested!”

The two-time world ch🐻ampion added: “﷽It’s his decision, right? I think he feels really happy at Mercedes. 

“They’ve won a lot together. Maybe it’s good, bec꧑ause it ups the price a bit at Mercedes to pay him, so it’s good.” 

Verstappen heads into this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix looking t✤o continue Red Bull’s dominant start to ☂the season. 

Red Bu🃏ll have won all five races so far in 2023, with Verstappen claiming three of them, but the Dutchman reckons his team will have a harder time in Monaco to maintain their purple streak. 

Verstappen pinpointed 🌠Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who has taken the last two pole positions in Monaco, as the biggest t⭕hreat. 

“I think naturally maybe Charles,” Verstappen said. ♌“Ferrari in general, Carlos is also pretty handy around here. 

“But also I think Aston Martin, they are quite good in the slow speed. They haven’t beeꦜn as efficient on the straights, so I guess for hear they can be close.”

Verstappen said it is “really difficult to te🅘ll” where Mercedes will be following the introduction of their long-awaited upgrades. 

"For them first it’s about understanding ♌the whole new concept,” he said. “I don’t know where it’s going to put them.

“I would always put ไit on the car as s🥂oon as possible, because you learn more than leaving it in the garage not using it."