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, Autosport understands.
The four-time world champion is currently third in the standings, 57 points clear of fifth-placed Charles Leclerc, and should Verstappen stay over 50 points ahead by the close of this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, the exit clause understood to exist in his current contract will no longer be valid.
