Helmut Marko has revealed what is expected from Liam Lawson as Max Verstappen's Red Bull team-mate for the F1 2025 season.

Max Verstappen ’s dad Jos Verstappen has blasted claims from Helmut Marko after the Red Bull chief declared that fatherhood would slow the driver down. The four-time world champion is set to become a father for the first time this year. Verstappen stormed to another F1 title in 2024 after getting the better of his closest challenger Lando Norris.

Verstappen has previously made it clear that he does not have ambitions to break record after record in the sport, but given he is contracted to Red Bull until 2028, there seems a good chance that he will add further championships to his tally in the future, even though he was linked away from the team in 2024 as the team suffered a slump in form.

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has branded reports about his father Jos Verstappen being a distraction to Red Bull as 'nonsense.' Jos, who is also a former Form

Max Verstappen 's future with Red Bull has been further complicated by a statement from his father and ex-Formula 1 racer Jos Verstappen. Verstappen, who currently races for Red Bull F1 team, managed to claim his fourth consecutive world championship title in 2024, once again crushing the competition to win the trophy with two races to spare.

In the eye of an F1 storm that threatened to destroy his own team, Max Verstappen stayed calm and delivered a fourth consecutive title – Mark Hughes analyses how he did it in this month's magazine