Max Verstappen ready to stay at Red Bull for rest of career

Max Verstappen has revealed he is ready to stay at Red Bull for the rest of his life – and insisted he does not need to win a world championship with another team to cement his Formula One legacy.

In an interview with the PA news agency just days after he secured his fourth consecutive world title, Verstappen also said he believes he will continue to be on the wrong side of a “biased” media if he goes up against a British driver – and insisted his relationship with Christian Horner remains “strong” despite his father’s claim earlier this year that Red Bull would “explode” if the team principal remained in his post.

Verstappen arrives in Doha for the opening leg of his title parade after he emulated Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel by claiming a quadruple of titles in Las Vegas on Saturday night. All of the above – excluding Verstappen’s Red Bull predecessor Vettel – raced to championship glory with more than one team.

Verstappen, 27, is under contract with Red Bull until 2028. And although Mercedes failed to prise him away for next season, the all-conquering Dutchman remains on Toto Wolff’s radar for 2026.

But speaking ahead of this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix, Verstappen said: “It is not like I need to try to win the world championship somewhere else.

“That is not a desire from my side. I am just happy where I am at. And it would also be very beautiful if you just could stay with one team and race there forever. I would like to believe (that could be with Red Bull). That is the target.

“Am I bothered about a legacy? No. I don’t value my success because of what other people say. If I am happy, that is all that matters.

“In sport, you also need a bit of luck to be in