Max Verstappen “won’t be” at Red Bull at the start of the F1 2026 season amid persistent rumours of a move to Mercedes. That is the opinion of former Red Bull driver Robert Doornbos, who believes it will “be difficult” for the team to convince the newly crowned four-time World Champion to stay beyond next season.

Despite Max Verstappen securing his fourth world championship title, his father, Jos Verstappen, noted that Max is no longer consistently winning races. Given t

Verstappen responded with the greatest display of his F1 career. In rainy conditions, he charged through to victory, taking the lead at the same moment Norris slid down the order after a mistake at Turn 1. A symbolic moment of the diverging paths of their title aspirations.

Red Bull technical director Pierre Wache has provided a worrying update, warning that Max Verstappen ’s Drivers’ Championship title defence will be anything but straightforward with the team ‘not confident’ about the 2025 season.

Four-time world champion Max Verstappen feels he would have won this years F1 title much earlier if he was in a McLaren; watch the Qatar GP Sprint weekend live on Sky Sports F1 from Friday, with the Sprint at 2pm on Saturday,

Max Verstappen will receive a smaller bonus from Red Bull than he did last year despite winning the Drivers' Championship title with two races to spare. The Dutchman secured the honours for a fourth successive season at the Las Vegas Grand Prix by finishing ahead of Lando Norris.

Max Verstappen, after clinching his fourth consecutive Formula 1 World Championship, made a bold statement, suggesting that he could have secured the title even sooner if he had been driving for McLaren or Ferrari.