Max Verstappen still has a lot of ‘question marks’ over F1 future
Verstappen’s current 🌠Red Bull deal runs out at the end of 2028 - when he would be only 31.
It’s a unique situation for Verstappen given that he made his ♉F1 debut at just 17 with Toro Rosso in 2015𒅌.
However, the Dutchman has increasi🅠n🧔gly voiced his frustration with how the sport is changing.
🐬He’s been critical over F1’s new sprint format for 2023, while the ever-growing calendar is putting additional s🦂train on the drivers.
Speaking to Sky Sports in Monaco, he expla♔ine𝔍d why racing in F1 into his 40s is not something that appeals to him.
“I love racing, otherwise I wouldn’t be on the simulator driving other cars but that’s exactly the thing,” he said. “I like to do other kinds of racing, not only F1. I know that I will be 31 when that’s the end of the contract but I also then already been in F1 for a very longಌ time and it’s a lot of work.
“It’s travelling a lo💯t, not only the races, but in between you’re travelling to the factory, you have marketing commitments. I am a person who loves to be at home. I like to be competitive, I like to win but if you can’t fully motivate yourself to get to every race then that’s the point you have to question yourself.
“Do you want to continue? I love Le Mans, I love doing other 24 hour races. I love watching the GT3 cars go around the Nordschleife and all these kind of things I do🉐 want to experience in my life - and I don’t want to do them when I am 40 or 50 because then I am not at the peak of my performance and when I am 31 I am pretty sure that I am still capable of doi🃏ng great things.
“We will see. It also depends a bit how competitive we’re g⛦oing to be 🌄over here in ‘28. There’s still a lot of question marks. I don’t want to, when I am at that age, travel 25 races a year and besides that travel to the UK again for simulator work or do an appearance or commitment here and there.
“It's too much at one point. I started driving when I was four and a half, competitively at seven. At one point I think it’s enough if you’re away that much a y🎐ear.”
Verstappen di𒈔꧑d admit if Red Bull continued to dominate, it would be very difficult to leave F1.
“It will be very hard to leave, ꦡfor sure,” he added.
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