Max Verstappen signs new Red Bull contract to stay in F1 until 2030

• Dutch driver had been linked with Mercedes and McLaren

• Verstappen: ‘The team is like a second family for me’

Max Verstappen has ended speculation about his future in Formula One by signing a new contract with Red Bull that will extend to the end of 2030.

The four-time champion had been https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul/02/max-verstappen-reportedly-in-talks-with-mercedes-over-move">linked with potential moves to Mercedes and McLaren and had also intimated that he might call time on his F1 career because he was https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar/12/max-verstappen-reiterates-unhappiness-new-f1-rules">so unhappy with the new regulations imposed this season and they way they have effected his enjoyment of racing.