For 2025, the selection has been made: Max Verstappen will even drive for Purple Bull Racing subsequent season, GPBlog reported lately. However what occurs after that? No person is aware of, though there may be loads of hypothesis. Gerhard Berger, former F1 driver, likes to hitch in. He isn’t satisfied that the reigning world champion will serve out his contract with the Austrian racing workforce, which runs till the top of 2028.
Talking to Bild, Berger said that Verstappen is at present holding an in depth eye on how Purple Bull will fare when quickly Adrian Newey has left and presumably Helmut Marko will even go away the racing secure. “Purple Bull is the only option in the mean time, however Max will make the rock-solid choice to go if there’s a higher choice. No less than if the chance arises. If he has concluded that the automobile is beginning to present weaknesses and there are higher alternatives elsewhere, he’ll take that chance. It is all about efficiency with him.”
Verstappen was earlier emphatically linked with Mercedes, which is eager to see him as Lewis Hamilton’s successor. In accordance with Berger, that workforce is at present not ok to draw Verstappen’s curiosity, irrespective of how a lot workforce boss Toto Wolff tries his finest. “For the time being – I emphasise ‘in the mean time’ – I do not see it taking place (going to Mercedes),” he stated.
Verstappen and Newey collectively to Mercedes?
Mercedes’ W15 will not be constant sufficient to compete for prizes, though there was a podium end for George Russell in Canada. Adrian Newey – the technical boss who’s leaving Purple Bull – is the proper man to present Mercedes that final seat again to the highest, in response to Berger. ” If Newey decides to go to Mercedes, Verstappen will go straight with him,” the Austrian is satisfied.
