A clause in Max Verstappen's contract to exit the Red Bull team for 2026 will close as long as he is within the top four of Formula 1's world drivers' championship by the end of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, Motorsport.com understands.
The four-time world champion is currently third in the championship, 57 points clear of fifth-placed Charles Leclerc, and should Verstappen stay over 50 points clear by the close of the Spanish Grand Prix, the exit clause understood to exist in his current contract will no longer be valid.
