Despite his young age, since he is currently 24 years old, the Dutch Red Bull driver is in his eighth season in the top category of motorsport, the second in which he is fully immersed in the fight for the title, after to proclaim himself Formula 1 world champion for the first time in 2021.
At the beginning of this year, Max Verstappen signed a new unprecedented contract with Red Bull , which binds him to the Austrian structure until at least the end of 2028 and, although he is enjoying himself more than ever and the results have accompanied these last years, does not rule out withdrawing and stepping aside once said agreement is concluded.
“Maybe I’ll leave it,” Verstappen told de Telegraaf in the Max Verstappen x The Red Bulletin Heroes Edition about Formula 1 beyond 2028. “At that point, I’ll have been behind the wheel of an F1 car for a while. a bit about whether the car is good and whether I’m still competing among the best”.
“I couldn’t bear to have to be doing laps at the back of the grid, for that I prefer to go and drive in another category”.
“At the moment I wouldn’t want to drive for any other team. So if it feels good and it works, why change?” concluded the Dutch driver.
At the end of the 2028 Formula 1 season, Max Verstappen would be 31 years old and, despite the fact that it seems that the drivers have a longer journey, the Red Bull driver would not like to have to experience situations like the ones that Fernando Alonso or Sebastian Vettel have had to put up with lately.
In this latest edition of the magazine, Dr. Helmut Marko also gave a brief review of the Dutch driver’s last years and praised how much Verstappen has matured since achieving his first win in the premier class of motorsport on his debut with Red Bull at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.
“Since his first victory, he has gone through an incredible maturation process. Now he prioritizes what is really important and accepts what he cannot change. When he was younger, he used to criticize everything all the time,” said the Austrians’ top adviser. .
Max Verstappen, al volante del Red Bull Racing RB18
