Red Bull Racing, which has signed a new long contract with Verstappen, Red Bull's most expensive contract to date, said the team did so out of fear that the Dutch might be lured into another team.
Last season, when Verstappen won his first world title, Verstappen announced he would play for Red Bull for another 10 years. Less than three months later, Red Bull Racing announced a five-year, £200 million contract with him, doubling the Dutchman's revenue from 2021 and keeping him at Red Bull Until the end of the 2028 season.
Marko told FORMULE 1 magazine: "It seems reasonable to me that Max is earning more as a world champion. ”
And a lot of people in the paddock have questioned, this is the highest driver contract ever in F1, but will it be the best contract?
The answer to the question was: "I don't know," the Red Bull Consultant said, "because I don't know About Hamilton's contract." "What he does know, however, is that if they don't lock him in a big multi-year contract, Red Bull could lose to a competitor.
Dr. Admits: I'm worried max might go to another team.
However, given the clashes between Verstappen and Toto Wolff and Mercedes management, this seems unlikely.
In fact, the top level of the Red Bull Team is really a bit of a worry, because in the paddock there is not much room for choice between the driver and the team, and the intersection between the two will become smaller and smaller with the success of the driver's performance and the improvement of the team's racing performance, in other words, the world champion-level driver always wants to go to the championship-level team, and the champion-level team always wants to win the championship-level driver.
If this logic holds, it means that Verstappen does not have much room to choose in the paddock, only Mercedes and Ferrari teams, and Ferrari already has a strong combination of Leclerc and Sainz, if the performance of the car improves, even if the personal ability, Leclerc is slightly worse than Verstappan, the Monaco can still beat the new world champion, the first three results of this year are a good confirmation of this view; and for Mercedes, in addition to the new hatred and old hatred, It is obvious that Hamilton will stay with the team for one day, there will be no place for Verstappen, which is obvious, and the addition of upstart Russell has made the team realize the same point of view as Ferrari, that is, "fast is everything!" ”
Just as the so-called "there must be brave men under the heavy reward", even if the car king Schumacher did not get an annual salary of more than 50 million US dollars after the first year of Ferrari's victory, Verstappen's situation will show the probability of Murphy's law in the next few years, if Verstappen can win more championships, it can also show that it is worth the money, if it cannot get involved in the championship, there will be an embarrassing situation that the tail cannot be lost, and at that time, Red Bull will risk early default to deal with Verstappen, or will it break its teeth and swallow it?
The revival of the Ferrari dynasty is also an indisputable fact, it is conceivable that in the next 5 years, it may be a situation where silver and red take turns to sit in the village, and as an unworthy drink team has never been the yard, or the favorite representative of the fans, the return of F1 to authenticity should be the trend of the times and the people's desire.