1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill believes 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen s🌳hould consider taking a sabbatical if Red Bull’s performance doesn’t improve.

Verstappen’s F1 future has con𒆙tinued to be a hot topic since Helmut Marko expressed concerns🌸 that Red Bull could lose their star driver if the team’s on-track performance doesn’t improve.

Red Bull have been consistently out-performed by McLaren over the laꦑst year.

It means Verstappen is unlikely to win✨ a fifth consecutive F1 drivers’ title this year.

Verstappen is th𒉰ought to have an exit clause in his F1 contract linked ♒to Red Bull’s performance.

As a result, speculation has been rife about Verstappen possibly making the switch to either Merc💛edes or Aston ♒Martin.

Despite showing interest in Verstappen last year, Toto Wolff has insisted he’s happy with his current driver line-up🦹.

Aston Martin have 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso and168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lance Stroll locked down for 2026.

Even if they’re able to offer Verstappen an extraordinary contract in terms of salary, t🐻heir on-track performanc꧋e alone wouldn’t give Verstappen much optimism.

Hill weighs in on Verstappen’s future

One possibility fo🌸r Verstappen is takin𒁏g a sabbatical.

Another factor in play is the recent birth of his daughter, Lilℱy.

A year away from the sport would allow Vers༒tappen to spend time with his daughter and weigh up which team is performing best in 20♐26.

2026 sees the introduction of entirely new engines and vastly different chassis rules, meaning the competitive order is likely going to be shake🅘n-up.

Giving his view on Verstappen’s F1 fut🌸ure, Hill said on the BBC’s Chequered Flag podcast: “I mean, Red Bul💙l are fighting to retain Max Verstappen.

“I mean, there is a clause in the contract. It’s been explained quite clearly th൲at there’s a performance clause, and if🀅 they don’t match the performance clause, and let’s be honest, he’s never delivering less than 100%.

“If they don’t give him that, the🐠n he’s free to go wherever he wa🦹nts. So, Red Bull are under pressure.

“Where can he go? I don’t know. George is on the ve𒐪rge of signing, they say, with Mercedes again, and then that🐷’s that blocked out. I don’t know.

“I think he could. It might be a wise thing to do when you can see which wa💞y the wind’s going to blow after these new regulation changes.

“He’s young, he’s w♛on four world championships, he’s won goodness how many races.

“Nobody knows what’s on the other side of the end of this season. What 🌸is going to happe📖n?

“He could sit back next y🦹ear and go, OK, I can see which way the future’🥂s going to go for the next 10 years and whatever team is doing well will find the money to pay for having Max.”