I get a sense that Max Verstappen wants to stay at Red Bull. He also wants the best machinery, and is signed up to Red Bull until 2028. ‘I think it’s definitely been the best start so far to a year for me personally in the car. He continued to come this way well towards the last of his 97 years, often giving talks on cruises, frequently with Sir Stirling Moss. An act that is not as funny as he imagines, his record as of last year was to finish last of all teams, in his role as boss of Haas, now relinquished. For a year and more, his enemies have been trying to bring him down.

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