F1 legend Juan Pablo Montoya has warned Red Bull that they could face a Williams-like decline in 2026, particularly if they lose 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

F1’s new technical regulations come 🔯into play for 2026 with entirely new engℱine rules.

It’s also a new era for Red Bull, which will build their own power unit for the first time through Red Bull Po♋wertrains.

The early indications are that Mercedes could be ahead of their riva💧ls in terms of engine development like they were in 2014.

However, aཧll speculation is unsubstantiated until all 11 teams hit the track next year for pre-season testing.

While making their own power unit for the first time is a huge challenge, Red B🌼ull hopes next year could be even more challenging should they lose their star driver.

Montoya has warned Red Bull oꦺf a major decline next year.

“They have an engine power unit for next year that nobody knows how good it is atꦐ this point,” Montoya told Ins💫tant Casino. “Red Bull next year could be running where Williams is running.”

Verstappen’s F1 future has continued to ♈be a hot topic following He🐬lmut Marko’s comments after Bahrain.

Marko admitted that he “feare🐽d” losing Verstappen due to Red Bull’s poor on-trac🌠k performance.

Speculation surrounding Verstappen’s Red Bull future has died down since then following his return to race-winning cᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚontention in Saudi Arabia.

Montoya weighs in on Verstappen’s future

Mercedes we🌄re heavily linked with Verstappen as they looked for a Lewis Hamilton replacement.

The rumours🥀 aren't going away, ꧅with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli out of contract at the end of 2025.

However𒈔, Toto Wolff has insisted he’s happy with his current drivers and wants to remain loyal to them, given that both came through the Mercedes junior programme.

𝕴Assessing Verstappen’s chances of moving to Mercedes, Montoya added: “The hard thing is, McLaren just re-signed Piastri. Would Toto get rid of Antonelli to accommodate Max? Or wo♍uld you get rid of George? I don’t know how clear the option is there.

“Basically, if Max wꦚent to Mercedes, whoever left Mercedes would go to Red Bull, in ﷽my opinion.

“If you had to make a decision tomorrow, would you get rꩲid of George? George has been a Mercedes guy for a long time. It’s not like the only eyes were for Antonelli.

“And Antonelli’s done a very good job being a rookie. So the question is, do you want to pair Geo🎶rge with Max? Do you want to pair Max with Aℱntonelli? Or you decide to stay where you are and don’t take Max? That could happen.

“I know Toto was desperate to have Max last year. I꧂s he still desperate this year to have Max? I’m not so sure.”