Max Verstappen has simply received his fourth consecutive world championship with Purple Bull – however that hasn’t stopped his future on the staff coming below hypothesis.
The 27-year-old is contracted to stay on the staff till the tip of 2028. Nonetheless, he wouldn’t be the primary driver to depart a staff early, and his domination of a lot of the final 4 years would make him a goal for any staff.
One specific rival of Purple Bull’s stands out as a possible future vacation spot. Stories throughout the low season claimed Aston Martin intend to make a bid for Verstappen’s providers.
On paper, the transfer makes a number of sense. Aston Martin’s lead driver, Fernando Alonso, turns 44 this yr, and has admitted he might not have extra seasons left in him.
Subsequent yr Aston Martin will change to utilizing Honda energy models. All of Verstappen’s titles have come courtesy of Honda energy (rebranded, since their 2022 withdrawal, by Purple Bull) and he made plain his disappointment that they had chosen to successfully change groups to Aston Martin once they return as a producer subsequent yr.
Aston Martin has additionally lured the person thought to be the architect of Purple Bull’s success stretching again lengthy earlier than Verstappen’s arrival – its former chief technical officer Adrian Newey. He’s the crowning achievement of staff proprietor Lawrence Stroll’s money-no-object pursuit of championship success, which features a swathe of different hires from main groups, plus the development of state-of-the-art new amenities together with a wind tunnel and driver-in-the-loop simulator.
Stroll’s pockets are deep sufficient to afford Verstappen. The four-times champion is unlikely to worry by the prospect of going up in opposition to Lance Stroll, who appears prone to stay a fixture on the staff so long as his father runs the staff.
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Whereas Aston Martin is drawing prime expertise to them, Purple Bull has misplaced many prime names in recent times in addition to Newey. They’re additionally embarking on an formidable programme to construct their very own F1 energy unit. Verstappen is aware of from his early years on the staff the frustration of getting an uncompetitive engine and he could also be unwilling to danger a repeat.
Following his newest championship triumph Verstappen stated it would be “an amazing story if basically I did my whole F1 career with one team.” He has, after all, already pushed for 2 groups, although each had been owned by Purple Bull. Will he stay with the staff who introduced him into F1 a decade in the past?
Verstappen has usually indicated he doesn’t intend to increase his profession so long as the likes of Alonso and former championship rival Lewis Hamilton, each of whom have stored racing into their forties.
For a few years it appeared unlikely Hamilton would ever drive a automotive powered by something apart from a Mercedes engine, however he’s embarking on his first season at Ferrari. Will we ever see Verstappen within the overalls of an F1 staff not run by Purple Bull?
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