Ralf Schumacher is certain that Max Verstappen will no longer race for Red Bull Racing next year, and he will maintain this opinion even if he is sued.
The reason is not Red Bull's weakness this year, we have to dig much deeper to understand what the German is saying:
"It is absolutely clear that Max Verstappen will only stay at Red Bull for a while. This is not because of the car's weakness, but the new engine project has derailed the relationship between the driver and the team. And the power struggles... However, Mercedes and Aston Martin, which is competing with Honda, may be familiar terrain for Max. He knows what to expect there. Meanwhile, at Red Bull, further difficulties will come, e.g. with the engine electronics, the gradual erosion of the team. There is constant tension between Christian Horner and Helmut Marko, this does not lead to anything good, even a blind person can see it. Max Verstappen hates this and runs away from it. This is the case, even if Horner sues me for my opinion.
"Toto Wolff is also going to him at the moment, because he missed Verstappen once and that turned out to be a huge mistake. But Max will not go to Mercedes, but to Aston Martin. Either Fernando Alonso or Lance Stroll would have to leave early to make room for him, but the Greens will solve that."
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