Max Verstappen refutes Pink Bull exit rumours; his newest assertion will likely be music to Christian Horner’s ears
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Components 1 world champion Max Verstappen completed sixth in Bahrain and is sad with the Pink Bull automobile. Nevertheless, he has performed down the exit rumours.
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Max Verstappen has refuted the rumours that he’s going to depart Pink Bull on the finish of the 2025 Components 1 season as a result of poor efficiency of the automobile. Pink Bull has struggled thus far to match the facility of McLaren and third-ranked Verstappen is
eight factors behind chief Lando Norris within the driver standings.
Whereas the
rumours indicating Verstappen’s exit from Pink Bull had been round for some time, they gathered extra energy after the four-time world champion got here sixth on the newest Bahrain Grand Prix.
The poor efficiency by Pink Bull was exaggerated by the phrases of crew advisor Helmut Marko, who expressed “nice concern” about Verstappen’s future with the crew.
Verstappen sends optimistic message to Pink Bull crew
Speaking about his potential future, Verstappen performed down the rumours, however reiterated that he was sad with the automobile.
“Truthfully lots of people are speaking about it besides me,” Verstappen mentioned earlier than this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. “I simply wish to deal with my automobile and work with the individuals in my crew. That’s all I’m interested by in F1 in the meanwhile.
“I’m completely satisfied [at Red Bull], I’m simply not very proud of our automobile. However that goes for everybody, all of us wish to be higher, there’s no secret about that. That’s what we’re making an attempt to enhance.”
Verstappen additionally refuted the claims that his supervisor, Raymond Vermeulen, had a confrontation with Marko on the Sakhir circuit.
“To my data they have been having a dialog about all the things, which is allowed,” he mentioned. “We have been all left annoyed with issues that went unsuitable within the race. That’s what my supervisor, Raymond, and Helmut spoke about and Christian got here alongside as properly so they’d a dialog. All of us care concerning the crew. We care concerning the crew, the individuals and outcomes.”
All of this should have come as music to Pink Bull boss Christian Horner’s ears.
Verstappen has a contract until 2028 with Pink Bull however he has been closely linked with Mercedes and Aston Martin.
