In Telesport, Erik Van Haren explains that Red Bull's leadership is essentially waiting for confirmation from Verstappen, which has still not been given: "For Red Bull's decision-makers too, they would now prefer Max Verstappen to say: 'I'm staying at Red Bull'. Then there can be calm and, as they say behind the scenes, they can attract new personnel. Then they become more interesting, also for sponsors. Verstappen is simply the big man at Red Bull; he basically carries that team." The exit clause can be activated this summer if Verstappen is outside the top two in the championship: "He can trigger it for the first time this year. He is currently seventh in the standings, I don't expect him to suddenly be second by the summer break. Being able to trigger a clause doesn't of course mean you will do it immediately, but it is a question that Verstappen will be asking himself in the coming weeks." According to Van Haren, it remains striking that Verstappen is mainly continuing to wait and see: "But he has not indicated internally: 'I'm staying anyway'. There was a meeting with the Red Bull top last week in Austria. It was already planned and it was more of an evaluation. Of course the decision-makers would have liked him to have said somewhere in the past weeks: 'I'm staying anyway'. According to my information, he has not done that internally either." [gpfans.com/nl/f1-nieuws/1086…] [youtu.be/CaZWYaqO3Ug]

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Max Verstappen on Kimi Antonelli's DNF “Those things happen. The positive thing for him is that he once again showed very good pace, and I believe he had just overtaken his teammate when he retired. He has the speed. Sometimes reliability can be an issue, but that’s part of racing.” [gpfans.com/nl/f1-nieuws/1085…]