Now, two weeks after Christian Horner was sacked by the team, the German said Verstappen’s decision is “very open”. A lot has been speculated about Verstappen’s Formula 1 future following George Russell’s claim that the reigning World Champion is in “ongoing” talks with Toto Wolff about switching teams.

Suddenly there was a rumor: there were whispers that Max Verstappen would hold a press conference this weekend, possibly announcing a farewell to Mercedes. GPBlog was able to swiftly debunk this rumor,

Laurent Mekies takes charge of Red Bull for the first time at the Belgian Grand Prix this weekend, so what will he bring to the team?