Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is confident 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen will stay put despite intense speculation about his F1 future.

Verstappen’s future has dominated chat in the F1 paddock after Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko admitted at the Bahrain Grand Prix that the team had “great concern” about the four-time world champion♋ leaving.

The Dutchman has been left frustrated by Red Bull’s lack of competitiveness at the start of the 2025 season as he bi﷽ds to win a fifth successive world title this year.

Red Bull’s struggles have seen Verstappen linked to rivals Me🦂rcedes and Aston Martin, and the rumours have only ramped up amid the revelation tha🐭t he has performance exit clause in his current deal which runs until 2028.

“I think noise is exactly the right word to describe it,” Horner told Sky Sports after f♓irst practice at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, in which Verstappen 🥃ended up only ninth fastest.

“There’s been a lot of noise ou𝕴tside of the t🐼eam. Inside the team Max has reaffirmed his commitment.

“We’re focused on making the car faster, that’s where our focu🦹s is. Max is part of that. He’s a committed member of the team.

“The rest is all speculation.”

When asked directly by Sky Sports F1’s Martin Brundle whether he is certain Verstappen will still be driving for Red Bull next year, Horner replied𝓡: “Yes, absolutely.”

Ho🐠rner also downplayed the recent♓ comments made by Marko.

“People will always have their con𝓀cerns,” he added. “As a team we are focused on sorting the car out. Sort the car out and it doesn’t even become a discussion point.”

Max Verstappen relaxed about Red Bull future

Verstappen insisted he is “v🌳ery relaxed” about his future despite Red Bull’s difficult start to the 2025 season when he was grilled about the speculatio🌊n by the media.

"A l✤ot of people are talking about it except me,” Verstappen said d𝄹uring the press conference on Thursday in Jeddah.

"Like I said bef♚ore, I just want to focus on my car, work with the people in the team - that's the only thing I'm thinking about in Fꦬormula 1 at the moment.

"I'm very relaxed.”

On Friday, Italian publication168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: La Gaz❀zetta dello Sport reported that A🦩ston Martin are willing to🌸 make an astronomical €264m offer to sign Verstappen.