Tom Coronel assured that Verstappen is “no longer having fun” at Red Bull: “In Miami, he will talk to Mercedes”

Uncertain times for Red Bull in Formula 1. In the case of Horner, the renewal of ‘Checo’ Pérez and the possible departure of Adrian Newey, we must now add the continuation of Max Verstappen in the team. And after winning his first three titles – and on his way to a fourth – The future of the pilot may be far from the Austrian team.

The former Dutch pilot Tom Colonel spoke about the Red Bull driver situation, Max Verstappenon the Racing News 365 podcast with Formula 1 expert Ruud Dimmers.

“Verstappen’s situation, of course, remains in limbo“he confessed.”Rumors are about Miamiwith him Jos Verstappen and Raymond Vermeulen, Max’s manager, They will talk to Mercedes“, explained.”Then they talk about what’s possible, and it’s not just about money“.

The leading constructor team continues, at least in sporting terms, to be the best. However, it may have an expiration date: 2026. Between the new power units around and the departure of Honda as a supplier, Things could get complicated in Milton Keynes with his particular Ford project.

“There are rumors that the power unit has been around for a long timethat they cannot get power from it, and that they [Red Bull] They just can’t get it,” he noted.

Coronel has also spoken about the possible departure of Adrian Newey. The ‘guru’ of engineers has offers from several teams, among which is Aston Martin. Coronel believes Newey is not as important to Red Bull as he thinks: “Right now, Red Bull still has the fastest car. Verstappen is working with Pierre Wache, who is the man he is currently targeting. No more Newey,” was added. “When I was at Red Bull, I found that there was a completely different click with Pierre and they always talked,” he commented.

“You will have 100 million, and then what? “You work until you’re 70… you don’t care about the money anymore, you don’t really care about that in the last hundred,” he concluded in his podcast intervention.