Jos Verstappen “handshake agreement” tipped to solve Max’s 2026 drive
Max Verstappen's father reportedly at centre of talks ov🔜er🔯 his future

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s future could lie at Mercedes and hܫis father is at the centre of talks, according to German media.
Where Verstappen will drive in the coming yea🍸rs has been a subject of debate for months, since the internal crisis at Red Bull that involved Christian Horner, Helmut Marko and his dad, Jos Veꦏrstappen.
Worsening the F1 champion’s problems is the d﷽ecline in competitiveness of his RB20.
His father plജans to take hღim to Mercedes in 2026, claim.
They insist there is a “handshake agreement bet𒁃ween🎉 Jos Verstappen and Toto Wolff”.
It would m🦹ean the Verstappen camp are betting on Mercedes’ ability to emerge in the new regu𒐪lations era with the best engine.
Mercedes have named Kimi Antonelli as Lewis Hamilton’s replacement, alongside🧔 George Russell, for 2025.
Tea🐠m boss Wolff has ꦯinsisted that Russell and Antonelli are his No1 choice for the long-term.
However, whether an 𓆉available V♎erstappen changes his mind remains to be seen.
Aston Martin option?
“Adrian Newey is vigorously courti🧸ng Verstappen,” F1-Insider also reported.
Red Bull will lose their car design genius to Aston🌌 Martin in the early part of next year.
Newey will then have time to influence how Aston Ma🍒rtin’s 2026 car, the first of the new regulations, is created.
However, the report st🦄ates Verstappen is not as convinced by the prospect of Aston Martin.
His “former dream marriage is in a deep crisis” 𒆙with Red Bull, F1-Insider report.
“The down🌼ward trend at Red Bull is hard to overlook,” they say.
Verstappen is on a contract at Red Bull until 🍒2028 but they will need a 💦faster car to convince him to stay.
He en🍎ters this weekend’s F1 Singapore Grand Prix on a seven-race winless run, with Lando Norris seriously threatening his lead 🔯of the drivers’ championship.
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James was a sports journalist at♔ Sky Sports for a♚ decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.