MAX VERSNAPPIN'

Red Bull ace slams brakes on exit talk

- by DANIEL MOXON

MAX VERSTAPPEN insists his focus is on helping Red Bull get back to their best amid incessant speculation over his Formula One future.

Last weekend’s Bahrain race showed Red Bull just how far they are off the pace and bosses held crisis talks after their star driver laboured to sixth place.

Team adviser Helmut Marko then said “the concern is great” that they could lose Verstappen to a rival team unless they made swift improvements.

But the four-time champion battled away questions about his long-term future and said: “I just keep working, trying to improve the car.