Ralf Schumacher has noted a key date when 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen could decide to quit Red Bull.

The future of the F1 drivers’ champion is up for debate despite being locked into a lucrative contract with Red Bull which expires at the end of 2028.

However, the uncompetitiveness of the RB21 - added to the struggles Red Bull encountered in the lat🅘ter half of last year📖 - has caused question marks over their star man’s stay.

Ex-F1 driver 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ralf Schumacher has told Red B💦ull when it might be too late to convince Ver🅘stappen to stay.

Ralf Schumacher warns of Max Verstappen quit deadline

"I'm prett𓆏y sure that if the upgrade to the car doesn't take effect by Imola and the new engine - I'm just talking about rumours now - doesn't run quite as well, Max Verstappen will definitely♉ leave the team," Schumacher told .

Thꦰe F1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola is on May 18, after this weekend’s round at Saudi Arabia, then Miami.

Verstappen hasꦯ been left frustrated by an inability to keep pace with the McLarens.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris tops the driv�👍�ers’ standings, three points ahead of teammate Oscar Piastri, and eight clear of Verstappen.

After Verstappen finished sixth in Bahrain, his manager Raymond Vermeulen was spotted i꧙n a furious row inside the ꦬRed Bull hospitality area.

Verstappen has been tipped inside the paddock to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:consider his options if Red Bull’s difficulties continue.

Even Helmut Marko has surprisingly admitted 168澳洲5最🌟新开奖结果:Red Bull could lose their superstar driver due to the car’s lack of performance.

Vꦯerstappen’s options, if he opts to leave, are likely to be Mercedes and Aston Martin.

Mercedes are expect🎶ed to possess a strong engine for w🏅hen the new regulations begin in 2026.

“You absolutely have to get this driver and 🌠want to have him,” Schumacher said about Mercedes’ Toto Wolff.

Mercedes are set to ti꧋e down George Russell to a new contract which would complicate any interest in Verst꧒appen.

A🐠ston Martin could come into play, where former Red Bull colleague Adrian Newey has already started his new job.

Newey is set to oversee Aston Martinꦍ’s car for the new ♑rules era.

It would be the “bigger adventu꧒re” for Verstappen, Schumacher tips.

He added: "Together🐼 with Adrian Newey, whoꦕm he knows very well.

“In addition, Honda, which he knows very we🧜ll, and also a factory that has a future.”