Red Bull’൲s future plan to rebuild if Max Verstappen leaves has been called into 🥃question.

Verstappen remains committed to Red Bull until the end of 2028 but whether he will see out his contract remains a t💛opic of debate in the F1 paddock.

Mercedes could offer an intriguing destination when the n𝄹ew regulations begin in 2026.

Red Bull could opt🐎 to search from within their much-heralded talent pool which currently includes Isack Hadjar and Arvid Lindblad.

“If you look at the perfo🎀rmances of Ollie Bearman, and that Kimi Antonelli has the Mercedes seat next year, Hadjar is doing better than both of them,” Rachel Brookes told the Sky F1 podcast.

“So it’s not as bad as it seems. We don’t know the talent that is༺ th﷽ere, at the moment.

“It’s hard to read F2. A lot of the teams have struggled with their new▨ regulations.

“You can’t read it in a way that you maybe did in the past, when Charles Leclerc or George Russell came 𒉰through.

“They do have🅰 talent in Isack Hadjar and Arvid Lindblad. I don’t think it’s as bad as it looks.

“But who will be the big name in that team? If Max goes… “George Russel🎉l has another year, would h💫e go to Red Bull?

“There are plenty of peo🔯ple who could fill the No2, but the No1 is a question mark.”

Red Bull’s se⭕cond seat is routinely the subject of debate - Sergio Perez will likely face a fight to keep it in 2025, ahead of Liam Lawson or even Yuki Tsunoda.

But their No1 seat - despite Verstappen’s long contract - will also 🌞be scrutinised if the F1 champion is tempted away𒉰.

Red Bull junior Hadjar𒁏 is out-performing 2025 F1 drivers Bearman and Antonelli🐼 in Formula 2 this season, while Lindblad is emerging in F3.