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McLaren CEO Zak Brown Predicts Max Verstappen Will Leave Red Bull After 2025 Season

Oracle Red Bull Racing drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez are introduced at drivers parade. | Jay Janner/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images

The 2025 Formula 1 season is just getting started, but there’s already rumors swirling around what might be coming in 2026.

In an interview with the Telegraph, Mclaren CEO Zak Brown stirred the pot a bit, predicting that four-time reigning champion driver Max Verstappen would leave Red Bull at the end of 2025 to join Mercedes.

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