Oliver Mintzlaff firm on Max Verstappen: “The truth is he owes Red Bull”
Red Bull GꦛmbH managing director add💮resses Max Verstappen exit rumour

Oliver Mintzlaff has firmly insisted that Red Bull will cling onto 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen amid frenzied speculation about his future.
Red ⛎Bull’s overall inability to keep pace with constructors’ champions McLarens has left the entire team scratching their heads, and Verstappen reportedly consideri🦄ng his next move.
However, a sensational lap on Saturday in qualifying for the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix put Verstappen on pole position, before a time penalty for a clash with Oscar Piastri scuppe🎀red 💖his hopes in the grand prix.
Nevertheless, it will haꦛve raised belief that Verstappen can race the McLarens heading into Miami next week.
Meanwhile Mintzlaff, the managing director of Red Bull GmbH, the F1 tea⛄m’s parent 💫company, has spoken about whether Verstappen will stay.
Oliver Mintzlaff addresses Max Verstappen's Red Bull future

“We a🥀re all dissatisfied with the current situation. Nobody wants to gloss over that,” Mintzlaff told .
He was asked whether he was afraid to lose Verstappen, and replied: “No. I'm con𝄹vꦆinced that he will continue to take the long road he has taken with Red Bull so far.
“Max will also race for us in 2026.
“On 😼the one hand, he has signed until the end of 2028 for a reason, and on the other hand, he has recently positioned himself🗹 clearly.”
Vers🐠tappen has publicly batted away speculation linking him with Merced🍨es and Aston Martin.
“Exactly,” Mintzlaff said. “Max once told me that he started his career at Red Bull – and would like to end it 💧there.
“As far as I know, 🦋not𓆉hing has changed in this regard.
“We benefited a lot from Max, the best driver in the world. But the tru💎th is that he owes a lot to Red Bull.
“Of course, we're going throu𓄧gh a difficult phase at the moment, but I don't have 💝the feeling that Max doubts that.
“As long as෴ the attitu𝔉de is lived that we want to build the best car in the world, he will pull together with us.
“Thi🥃s is the only w🐼ay we can be successful again. And we will.
“A long-term partnership also inclu𝓡des sticking together in difficult times.”
Helmut Marko fanned the flames when he admitted Red Bull wo🍎uld ﷽lose Verstappen to an F1 rival unless they significantly upgraded the performance of their car.
Aston Martin then reportedly prepared a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:‘deal of the century’ offer to recruit V🔥erstappen with mind-blowing finances behind it.
Mercedes are also an option although .
An unexpected option about Versಞtappen sitting out in 2026 then joining who🙈ever had the best project in 2027 was also floated.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Amer🍌ic👍an sports, to football, to F1.