F1 driver market: Red Bull getting calls from ‘good drivers’ says Laurent Mekies but optimistic on Max Verstappen stay
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“The best way to close the subject is to go and get these last two or three tenths [in car pace] and that’s what everyone is focused on,” says Laurent Mekies on Max Verstappen’s future; watch every session of the Hungarian Grand Prix from Friday live on Sky Sports F1
Wednesday 22 July 2026 06:01, UK
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has suggested they are getting calls from “good drivers” about potential future seats at the team but believes they will make the further pace improvements required to ensure Max Verstappen stays.
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As Formula 1 prepares for its final race before the summer break in Hungary this weekend, Verstappen’s Red Bull future beyond this season remains uncertain.
His contract runs to the end of the 2028 season but contains performance clauses that would allow him to leave at the end of this year. He is thought to have until October to inform the team should he wish to activate a break in the deal.
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