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The 'will he, won't he?' storyline of Max Verstappen potentially
leaving Red Bull will be one of the major talking points of the
rest of the 2025 F1 season. The reigning champion is being heavily
courted by Mercedes, who are hoping to cash in on the Verstappen
camp's unease at the current competitive fall from grace the team
is enduring. Having won 35 of the 43 races between the 2022 French
and 2024 Spanish GPs, Verstappen has only claimed four wins from
the last 26, stretching back to Austria 2024 as Red Bull's
performance has dropped off a cliff. Whilst Verstappen's genius has
been able to keep the lead Red Bull in the title and race win hunt,
the second Red Bull car is almost non-existent. He has scored 347
points since the 2024 British GP, with the three occupants of the
second seat scoring 41 between them, and only seven this season
through Yuki Tsunoda. If Verstappen's 165 of Red Bull's 172 points
this season were removed, Red Bull would be last in the
constructors'. As a result of this slide, boss Christian Horner
was given a surprising sack in early July, with Laurent Mekies
facing the huge task of turning the team around, but will
Verstappen be a part of it? Given how much the car has been
tailored to Verstappen, would a clean break and reset actually be
beneficial for Red Bull to create, perhaps a slower car in theory,
but a more user-friendly one for its two drivers? Let us know what
you think by voting in the poll below and in the comments!
