Jos Verstappen “handshake agreement” tipped to solve Max’s 2026 drive
Max Verstappen's father reporteꦛdly at centre of talks over his future

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s future could lie at Mercedes and his father is at the ♌centre of talks, accordiꦆng to German media.
Where Verstappen will d✨rive in the coming years has been a subject of debate for months, since the internal crisis at Red Bull that involved Christian Horner, Helmut M𒆙arko and his dad, Jos Verstappen.
Worseni💃ng the F1 champion’s problems is the decline in co🍷mpetitiveness of his RB20.
His father plans to take him to Mercedes in 2026,&nb🐼sp; claim.
They insist there is𒀰 a “handshake agreement 𝕴between Jos Verstappen and Toto Wolff”.
It would mean the Verstappen camp are betting on Mercedes’ ability to emerge in the new𒀰 regulations era with the best engine﷽.
Mercedes have named Kimi ⛦Antonelli as Lewis Hamilton’s replacement, alongside George Russ❀ell, for 2025.
Team boss Wolff has in🥃sisted that Russell and Antonelli are his No1 choice for the long-term.
However, whether🦋 an available Verstappen changes๊ his mind remains to be seen.
Aston Martin option?
“Adrian Newey is vigorously courting Verstappen,” F1-Insider alꦕso reported.
Red Bull will lose their car design genius to♑ Aston Martin in the early part📖 of next year.
Newey will then have time to influence how Aston Martin’s 2026 ca🌺r, the first of the new regulations, is cr♑eated.
However, the report states Verstappen is not as convinced by the pℱrospect of Aston Martin.
His “former dream marriage is i♐n a deep crisis” with Red Bull, F1-Insider report.
“The downward trend at Red Bullꦉ is hard to overlook,” they say.
Verstappen is on a contract at Red Bull until 2028 but they will need a 🔜faster car to convince him to stay.
He entersꦿ this weekend’s F1 Singapore Grand Prix on a seven-race winless run, with Lando Norris seriously threatening his lead of the drivers’ championship.
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James⛄ was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.