If it were up to Helmut Marko alone, the driver sitting alongside Max Verstappen in next year’s RB21 would be “someone from our junior programme”. Red Bull’s driver line-up has been one of the hot topics this season with reports prior to the summer break claiming both Sergio Perez and Daniel Ricciardo could be cut from the programme.

Helmut Marko has admitted he’s been left ‘surprised’ by the astonishing offers being made by rival F1 teams as they look to poach Red Bull’s top employees. Red Bull have lost two of their key personnel to rival teams in 2024.

A senior figure within Red Bull has revealed that Max Verstappen's exit talk is very real, making an audacious Lewis Hamilton claim in the process. The Dutchman's season so far has not been plain sailing compared to 2023,