Jos Verstappen has refused to rule out a Pink Bull exit for his son Max Verstappen.
Max enters 2025 looking for a fifth consecutive F1 championship however figuring out his activity is more durable than ever.
Though he clung onto the 2024 title with a sequence of sensible drives, McLaren considerably closed the hole to the beforehand dominant Pink Bull.
It implies that Verstappen would possibly look elsewhere in his pursuit for the absolute best automobile.
“Something is feasible,” his father Jos is quoted by Sky Germany.
“He can keep at Pink Bull if he sees a way in it.
“His objective is to have the ability to win races. If he’s of the opinion that that is not attainable at Pink Bull, a change shouldn’t be dominated out.”
Pink Bull conceded the constructors’ championship to McLaren, and in the end completed third behind Ferrari too.
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri of McLaren, and a revitalised Ferrari who will boast Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, shall be looking for to say Verstappen’s drivers’ crown in 2025.
His father’s worrying verdict: “Pink Bull has to construct a automobile that’s not so troublesome to drive.
“In the event you take a look at the second half of 2024, you possibly can’t be optimistic.
“Pink Bull has a giant activity forward of it in 2025.”
Will Max Verstappen stop Pink Bull?
Mercedes had been credited with an curiosity in Verstappen final yr, when Toto Wolff talked up the potential of signing him to exchange Hamilton.
Verstappen was, on the time, caught up within the inside furore at Pink Bull which engulfed his father, Helmut Marko and Christian Horner.
Horner and Wolff additionally traded barbs over the Mercedes boss’ public flirting with Verstappen.
However George Russell and Kimi Antonelli have since been confirmed as an thrilling new driver duo for Mercedes, whose 2026 hopes are excessive for the brand new period of F1 laws as a result of paddock whispers recommend they’ve an engine to envy.
Aston Martin may be an intriguing possibility for Verstappen.
Their signing of automobile design guru Adrian Newey is meant to provide them a fast begin to the brand new era from 2026, which could pique Verstappen’s curiosity.
