Max Verstappen: Red Bull driver’s options for 2027 switch assessed after ‘frustrating’ British GP weekend
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On the latest episode of The F1 Show, Sky Sports F1’s Simon Lazenby, Jenson Button and Anthony Davidson discuss the latest on Max Verstappen’s future; watch every session of the Belgian Grand Prix from Spa-Francorchamps live on Sky Sports F1 on July 17-19
Wednesday 8 July 2026 14:23, UK
An extremely frustrating British Grand Prix weekend for Max Verstappen has done little to calm speculation around the four-time world champion making a potential exit from Red Bull at the end of the season.
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The build-up to Silverstone was dominated by questions around a June meeting between McLaren and Verstappen’s representatives, with the Dutchman himself, McLaren’s current drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, and McLaren chief executive Zak Brown all quizzed.
There was nothing overly significant to be gleaned from their answers, but the most notable incidents, in terms of Verstappen’s future, were to come later in the weekend.
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After dropping back from third on the grid to finish sixth in Saturday’s Sprint, Verstappen qualified only seventh in full qualifying later that day, finishing two places behind his team-mate Isack Hadjar.
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