The Christian Horner saga has caused tensions within the Red Bull camp, leading to uncertainty about Max Verstappen's future with the team. Verstappen is unwilling to stay if Horner remains as team principal, and he also doesn't want to stay if Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko leaves. This comes after Verstappen signed a contract extension committing him to the team for seven seasons, including the first three seasons of the new F1 regulations.
Just a few weeks ago, it seemed inconceivable that he would leave the dominant team of the ground-effect era and potentially hand a championship-winning car to someone else. However, the Christian Horner saga has turned the F1 world on its head and exposed tensions within the camp. The full details have yet to emerge, but the picture that is being painted is a simple one.
Verstappen doesn’t want to stay if Horner remains in charge as team principal, and he doesn’t want to stay if Red Bull advisor and close supporter Helmut Marko leaves. It was in March 2022 that Verstappen signed a contract extension that committed him to the team for seven seasons. Both parties decided that the time was right to extend that commitment, and an extra five years was added, fresh off the back of his maiden F1 world title clinched in controversial circumstances at the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP. Crucially that term included the first three seasons of the new F1 regulations with the new Red Bull Powertrains engine, which at the time was expected to be badged as a Porsch
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