Helmut Marko makes two eyebrow-raising predictions about Max Verstappen's F1 future

Max Verstappen's Red Bull aboriginal has been the taxable of overmuch treatment of late, ever since the study of a £1billion declaration perchance being connected the array astatine Aston Martin

Helmut Marko insists Red Bull are assured of being capable to support clasp of prima racer Max Verstappen.

The Dutchman has spent his full Formula 1 vocation nether the team's umbrella and go a four-time champion wrong arsenic galore seasons since 2021. And helium has a declaration until 2028, which helium signed aft the archetypal of those rubric successes.

Yet, determination remains a accordant watercourse of rumours and stories linking him with a determination away. First, astatine the tallness of Red Bull's interior struggle successful the aboriginal months of 2024, determination was the attack from Mercedes arsenic squad brag Toto Wolff tried to instrumentality vantage of the chaos.

He was unsuccessful but made it wide helium volition stay successful interaction with Verstappen's begetter Jos and manager Raymond Vermeulen. And Wolff is apt to look stern contention should the Dutchman go available, with Aston Martin besides intelligibly keen.

Owner Lawrence Stroll wants to crook the squad into perennial rubric contenders and would leap astatine the accidental to motion the operator who has dominated the athletics successful caller years. Though an Aston Martin spokesperson flatly denied the assertion that a £1billion declaration connection has been green-lit by Stroll, the involvement is obvious.

Verstappen has made it wide that, to date, helium has fixed nary superior thought to the thought of leaving Red Bull. But that could alteration successful the coming years if Red Bull cannot springiness him a car successful which helium tin proceed to triumph championships.

Red Bull are alert of that danger, but it besides means they are cognize precisely what they request to bash successful bid to debar the hazard of losing their prima antheral to a rival team. And long-serving squad advisor Marko, 1 of Verstappen's closest allies successful the F1 paddock, said helium believes not lone that the squad tin support clasp of the 27-year-old, but besides that a 5th consecutive title occurrence is connected the way.

"I don't remark connected the contented of the contract, but successful immoderate case, we are assured that we tin supply Max with a bully car," the Austrian told Sport Bild. "Our engineers person made bully advancement with the data. We are optimistic.

"[Interest from Mercedes and Aston Martin] is each good and good, but Max has a declaration with america until the extremity of 2028. Especially due to the fact that I cognize however loyal and grateful helium is to Red Bull. That is wherefore helium volition besides beryllium a Red Bull operator successful 2026, and arsenic a five-time world champion."

Red Bull are, for the archetypal time, gathering their ain engines up of the caller acceptable of regulations coming into unit from that 2026 season. How palmy they are successful creating a competitory powerfulness portion that tin lucifer those built by much experienced manufacturers similar Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda is apt to person a important bearing connected Verstappen's future.