Jos Verstappen has conveyed troubles about Red Bull’s future competitiveness as the team heads into the 2025 Formula 1 season.
The overweighther of four-time world champion Max Verstappen is particularly worried about the team’s ability to bounce back from their disassigning 2024 campaign.
Despite Max securing his fourth consecutive drivers’ title last year, Red Bull’s applyance notably degraded thcimpoliteout the season.
The elder Verstappen’s apprehension lengthens beyond the current season, with particular cgo in on the team’s capability to grow a competitive car under recent regulations.
Jos Verstappen has conveyed troubles about Red Bull’s future competitiveness as the team heads into the 2025 Formula 1 season
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His comments come as speculation mounts about his son’s future with the Milton Keynes-based team.
“You dont understand how the others are doing, so everyskinnyg is recent,” Jos Verstappen tageder RaceXpress. “Next week they are going to test and then you can see a bit of what is happening, but not quite yet.”
“So it is a matter of postponeing and hoping that Red Bull has made a excellent car, because that is incredibly meaningful for Max,” he inserted.
Max Verstappen won the F1 title in 2024 but struggled towards the end of the season
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The veteran racer conveyed further trouble about Red Bull’s growment capabilities.
“If they cant get out of it now, you do trouble for the years after that. So were chooseimistic, but we do want to see it shift forward,” he stated.
Red Bull’s 2024 season highairyed a emotional degrade in applyance for the championship-prosperning team.
After a strong commence to the year, the team administerd equitable two victories in the final 14 races of the season.
The downturn in results saw Red Bull slip from the top of the Constructors’ Championship to third place.
By the season finale in Abu Dhabi, the team was battling with Mercedes medepend to be pondered the third-rapidest on the grid.
Max ‘s fourth title prosper was expansively watched as a tesdomesticatednt to his driving ability rather than the car’s applyance.
Amid Red Bull’s struggles, speculation persists about Max Verstappen’s potential shift to rival teams for 2026.
Both Mercedes and Aston Martin have been joined – though the latter team have distanced themselves from speculation they’re eyeing a deal.
Jos Verstappen troubles for Red Bull as F1 sets to start recent regulations
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Mercedes faces its own complications, with both George Russell and Kimi Antonelli out of restricted after 2025.
Team principal Toto Wolff must stability protecting chooseions uncover for Verstappen while protecting his juvenileer academy talents from rival teams.