The Red Bull Future of MAX VERSTAPPEN is close to the intersection that changes ahead of the track.

MAX VERSTAPPEN is preparing one of the biggest years in his life.

The fourth World Champion set the above vision that only Michael Schumacher, the fifth consecutive title, was achieved.

Except for the great performance of Red Bull this winter, the Netherlands is facing the most serious challenge to his crown, as the details of McLaren and Ferrari will continue in the second half of last year.

VERSTAPPEN and his long -term partner, Kelly Piquet, are looking forward to the first child, so there is a change on the track. So it’s natural to think about the future.

VERSTAPPEN says that there are only 27 people, but it is closer until the end of the career before. He signed a contract with Red Bull by 2028 and signed one of the most advantageous contracts in sports history three years ago. However, as the horizontal line changes too much, this year can represent an intersection.

Because of 63 wins, 40 pole positions, 112 podiums and four world championships, VestAppen and Red Bull have the most successful driver team partnership in F1 history.

RED BULL has been rewarded since he was placed on F1 with his sister team, Toro Rosso, before he was promoted a year after a year after gambling to VERSTAPPEN teenagers.

There were very few VERSTAPPENs that did not show serious signs of dissatisfaction or frustration in Red Bull. The only public hint he could leave was when he faced his potential role in the leakage of the investigation over the investigation of the team principal Christian Horner. .

VERSTAPPEN said it couldn’t continue on the team without Marko. Marko said the future was quickly resolved after meeting with Red Bull GmbH Managing Director Oliver Mintzlaff. VestAppen says he wants a peaceful environment to keep race. At the end of the season, that’s what he had.

As the year of Red Bull began, VERSTAPPEN was connected to the movement to Mercedes, requiring a driver to replace Ferrari Bound Lewis Hamilton. The head of Mercedes’ TOTO WOLFF is always admired by Vestappen, showing interest in signing throughout last year, and regularly talks with VestAppen’s father and manager in the summer. I confirmed that Andrea Kimi Antonelli will be with George Russell. After the announcement, Wolf said the duo saw the future of Mercedes.

Horner told journalists in December to reflect this year, saying, “There was no concern about leaving VestAppen.” He understood why he was interested, but Horner mentioned the characteristics of the public about describing the “noise” of VERSTAPPEN’s future. “Serious things are generally done behind the scenes,” he said. The shocking characteristics of Hamilton Ferrari movement last February have a recent evidence.

Horner’s theory, which Daily Mail reported that Aston Martin’s commercial head of commercial heads reported to the prospective sponsors about the $ 1 billion price tag and the team’s plan to sign VERSTAPPEN, may have liked it in mid -January. Aston Martin rejected the report category when it reached. work out.

Aston Martin has always been ambitious about becoming a world champion of Lawrence Stroll. The team has a new state -of -the -art factory in Silverstone. In March, we welcome Adrian Newey, the chief technology officer of Red Bull and the most decorated car designer in F1 history. In addition, from 2026, we will secure Honda’s monopoly engine supply to all F1 titles of Red Bull, which can be attractive to all drivers who move and sleep without mentioning the financial power of the project. .

But the Aston Martin project is still ongoing. In early 2023, Fernando Alonso appeared as the closest competitor of VERSTAPPEN and Red Bull and regularly finished at the podium. Since then, the form of the team has disappeared. Last year, I couldn’t finish the fifth place and reorganized the off track this winter. Team CEO Andy Cowell now assumes the team principal. Building blocks can be gathered together for Aston Martin, but there are several stages that interfere with the ‘Big Four’ of ‘Big Four’ of F1’s Red Bull, Mercedes, Ferrari and Mclaren.

Aston Martin wants to have VestAppen, but will he appeal to him? (Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images)

The priority of VestAppen is to drive a victory car. He had been dominated by Mercedes in the late 2010s because Red Bull had to wait for the title to fight for the title, but he did not lose the championship since he got a machine to win the machine in 2021. Competition in the year will be intense, but last year, most of the seasons have proven that they can’t win without the fastest car.

Next year, you can define how the last year of VERSTAPPEN’s existing Red Bull Agreement can be seen. The new automotive design and engine rules, similar to the 2014 Mercedes, promise to provide a clear and dominant team for a team that is similar to the Red Bull in 2022 and 2023. RED BULL POLL POWERTRAINS, who works in cooperation with Ford, an in -house engine program, will be the team’s official power unit supplier.

Red Bull knows the store in forming its own engine sector. For the first time, it will not be completely controlled and dependent on the performance of the customer engine. When the French manufacturer failed to produce a competitive power device, the previous partnership with Renault became SOUR WORGE and Red Bull did not compete regularly with Mercedes and Ferrari.

However, it is a big request to go to an engine manufacturer that can present the established name of F1 within four years of starting operation during the construction of Milton Keynes. Red Bull itself will reward or pay for the performance level of 2026.

Horner said, “There is a great danger of it to bring its own power unit. “But there is an upstream between the two worlds. We are the only team with Ferrari, the only team with everything under one roof, and the synergy effect between the engineer and the designer and the chassis designer is already seen. ”

In the F1, the power device performance has become somewhat uniform, but expectations for the biggest swing are most important when a new rules cycle begins in 2026. Red Bull and Ford’s new projects will make it more important. In particular, it is recommended that VERSTAPPEN has the car needed to keep fighting for victory and championships.

All the great masters of the F1 have been successful with a single team. Schumacher, along with Ferrari, wrote most of his legacy, but his first two titles were served with Benetton in the mid -1990s. Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna have been ordered by several teams, and Hamilton is currently starting his third team adventure that joins Ferrari in 2025. Perhaps it was JIM Clark to do everything with a single team. In the 1960s, all of them are Lotus.

If he wants to send his entire F1 career in the Red Bull family, he will create something unusual for VERSTAPPEN. Most great people continue to prove themselves elsewhere. But considering that VestAppen is very interested in statistics or records, this kind of romanticism will not appeal to him in a way with other drivers. He did not look like a person with a dream of a particular team as Hamilton was with Ferrari, so it is not surprising to see his career on Red Bull.

The way of thinking is also why he doesn’t want to race forever. Last year, Zandvoort celebrated the 200th race, and VestAppen laughed at 200 no longer. “We must have passed (in my career). spirit. VERSTAPPEN said, “I want to see how it works. Also, if the new regulations are fun or have fun, I want to see it first. ”

The next two seasons are central to the future of Red Bull and VERSTAPPEN. (Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

The level of pleasure from VERSTAPPEN arrived in 2026 was questioned how they had previously drove, and would be a tool for the time he wanted to race in F1. The moment he stops fun, he will stop for a while. This is why the debate over the oaths that the F1’s civil servants, the relatively innocent F bombs in VERSTAPPEN’s Singapore, could be triggered in September, could affect his future. The discussion will not disappear after the FIA, a sports governing agency, announced a new guideline to punish the so -called ‘illegal acts’ by fines, points deductions and even racial ban.

It is not to say that every time a race decides to stop, it is not part of VERSTAPPEN’s life. He has long dreamed of entering Le Mans with his father JOS for a long time and regularly spends a weekend to driving GT SPORTSCARs. His horizon goes beyond F1.

“He is very old in many ways. He just wants to drive. “I think some noise and circus around the Formula One will not sit comfortably with him. He will do it as long as he has fun in what he does.

“But as soon as the joy is poor, he has the power of personality and personality. ‘What do you know? I will go next year and drive the GTS. ‘He is unique in the sense that Formula One does not define him. “

There is a big and big world beyond F1. VERSTAPPEN understands the sacrifices needed to compete for victory in F1, and can be more serious when you become a father. He will be one of the two fathers in the grid. work out How to change the prospects for the race.

But as long as he can fight for the championship, motivation will be powerful at any time. He scored 19th out of 22 races in 2023 and scored after the championship for a long time after the championship has been concluded for a long time. “The victory is great. Why don’t you want to win when you have a chance to win? ”

RED BULL rarely thinks that he can see VERSTAPPEN, as long as he can continue to provide a happy environment, winning cars and sports.

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