Max Verstappen , the reigning Formula One World Champion has been dismal this year barring Suzuka where he emerged victorious despite all the odds, In the recent Bahrain Grand Prix 2025 he finished P6 and the worries with Red Bull have started coming to the fore front. Be it the second driver conundrum, be it the car or be it their management Red Bull is currently in a precarious situation making future look gloomy than ever.
What adds to Red Bull's growing concerns are the rumours that Max Verstappen may leave Bull in the middle of season with regard to his contract and performance. There have been constant rumours that suggest Max is all set to leave the team and may go to Aston Martin or Mercedes if required.
Marko clears the Air
Talking to Sky Germany post Bahrain race Red Bull's advisor Helmut Marko broke his silence on this situation -
Marko said: "The concern is great. As I said, improvements have to come in the near future so that he has a car with which he can win again. We have to create a basis with a car so that he can fight for the world championship."
Verstappen has openly criticized the current car claiming it to be the worst compared in recent years.
"I just feel like we are even worse on tires somehow this year [compared to 2024]," Verstappen said. "It makes it just very complicated. Because last year we were not too bad around here [Bahrain]. Of course, then people made improvements, but I feel like we actually had a worse weekend than last year. So it's a bit weird."
Red Bull's Christian Horner too admitted the situation and assured fans for an improvement.
"I think ultimately you can mask it a little through setup and we were able to achieve that last weekend in Suzuka," Horner said. "But I think this race has exposed some pitfalls obviously very clearly that we have that we need to get on top of very quickly and I think we understand where the issues are, it's introducing the solutions that obviously take a little more time."
"I think the problems are understood," he said. "The problem is how the solutions that we see within our tools compare to what we're seeing on track at the moment -- they aren't correlating and I think that's what we need to get to the bottom of.
"Why can we not see within our tools what we're seeing on the circuit, and when you end up with a disconnect like that, you have to obviously unpick it. We've got a strong technical team that have produced some amazing cars over the last few years, and I'm confident they'll get to the bottom of this issue. But it's literally the tool isn't replicating with what we're seeing on the track, and then it's at that point it's like telling the time on two different watches," he added.