Verstappen F1 remains tight on the future, but excludes the sabbatical

It seems that everyone is now Max Vestepen’s Formula 1 is talking about the future – In addition to four -time world champion.

In his cage media session in Silverstone, asking the same questions with print journalists in a red bull motor hell Austrian Grand PrixVastapane quickly clarified that he would not answer questions about 2026.

Later, he went to the TV pen more comfortably to talk to his favorite Dutch Broadcaster Wester to reduce the session. “Well, they all got very little answers, so it was really perfect,” Vestapane did a dedapan.

Nothing has changed since last week, so why would he break his resolve? Mercedes It was reportedly contacted by his representatives to inquire about future plans, which is partly that the team’s boss Toto Wolf is not yet to re -signed George Russell Or Andrea Kimi Antoneley for next year. Russell said that their chances of the changing teams in 2026 were “extraordinaryly low.”

Combination of F1 with Sportscars?

But, perhaps unlike some members of his entry, Vastapane themselves still do not appear in a hurry to go anywhere. And he denied an unexpected principle to take at least 2026, before assessing his options and seeing which team made the best start with new rules.

Sabbatical was not an abusive principle, because people close to Dutchman wondered if their love for racing is still making the circus around it. His newborn GT3 team won their classes in 24 hours last week, as well as as well Verstappen conclusions eager to see In the race after being taken out by Antoneley in the first lap.

But when Verustapane said that he was expecting to be able to combine his F1 activities with more GT3 in the future, he rejected any perception that he would move away from F1 before 2028.

“No, no, no. F1 to ensure,” he said. “And I will definitely mix it with any other racing in the future, which is possible, which I can prepare. Because I want me to, of course, exit Formula 1, exit the Formula 1, which I am already doing with tests, but eventually racing.”

Lots of unknown for 2026

Vastapane admitted that there would be no firm answer to who would actually be at the top in 2026, trying to pieces the picture of her clan simultaneously.

“This is true. That’s why I am contracted to Red Bull,” he said. “I think no one can ensure 100% that they will be very comfortable next year. There will be many unknown for the next year anyway. And only one thing I have to do is what I have a fast drive.

“This is also the case, when you look at the previous rules, I think no one would have expected McLaren Suddenly (be prominent). Sometimes it takes a little time to get everything together. Now it was opposite for us. We did everything really good from the beginning of the new rules and then towards the end, it was a bit of a struggle. This is something that we have to find out why we did not kill the same progress, as some other teams probably.

“But then, 2026 is completely different, and something completely different that you need from a car. In the previous generation of cars, we had opposite. We were closed in the beginning and then towards the end, we really worked it.”