Ex-F1 driver Karun Chandhok has tipped 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen to take a year off 🔴in✨ 2026 to allow him to assess which team is the best bet in the sport’s new era.

F1 will introduce entirely new technical regulations foﷺr 2026,♌ centred around the power unit.

Verstappen’s current team Red Bull will make their own power unit for the first time, while the new rules have attrac🐻ted Honda and Audi to the sport.

The Dutchman’s future has be🥂en a hot topic, particularly given the off-track drama 🎀surrounding Red Bull.

Speaking on the🔥 latest episode of ಞthe Sky Sports F1 podcast, Chandhok gave his view on what Verstappen might decide to do.

“There’s some really unusual things happ✱ening. Then you’ve got Sainz and Verstappen. We would never have thought of Verstappen leaving the team until all of the stuff unfolded around Red Bull in Baไhrain. It is a really strange market, a difficult one to read.

“Increasingly I think Max will stay at Red Bull for 2025. I think he will take 2026 off and have a year out. See what ha🌊ppens and then in 2027, he can go anywhere couldn’t he? He’s talked about his ambitions of doing le Mans and other forms. I think he will do something in 2026, have a year off, see who hits the ground running with the new regulations.

“Lewis would have done his two years at Ferrari,✅ Max can g𓃲o there in 2027, go to Mercedes in 2027, go back to  Red Bull in 2027. I think that could happen.”

Another driver’s future that is up in the air is 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz.

Sainz has been linked with Red ꦦBull, Mercedes aꦕnd Audi in recent months.

The Spaniard🐟 is keen on remaining at a top team, but neither Red Bull or Mercedes have him as their number one option.

“His is a complicated one,” he said. “He wants a two-ye♋ar deal at Mercedes. It seems like they’re offering a one-year deal with an option maybe for the second. If Verstappen comes knocking then he’s out.

“That’s a risky move because you’re basically going to a team where you’re effectively holding a seat f꧒or Verstappen or Antonelli. They’re having you as a stop-gap. In ‘25, based on current form, you think they’re not going to win the championship.

“Do you really go there? The Audi project is fascinating. 🌸There’s a lot of money being pumped into it, they’ve unlocked a whole lot of budget.”