Speaking with Viaplay ahead of the 2025 F1 season, Max Verstappen admitted he does not think he’ll be ‘in the fight’ in Melbourne

Reigning champion Max Verstappen has said he does not believe Red Bull has a car capable of challenging for victory at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen has suggested that the RB21 F1 car is not in a position to help secure a race win in the season opener in Australia.

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen has sensationally conceded he can not win the season-opening Grand Prix, almost a week before a single lap is completed.

Max Verstappen has voiced a huge concern over Red Bull’s performance for the 2025 Formula 1 season-opener at the Australian Grand Prix. The Milton Keynes outfit were faced with a drop to third place in the constructors’ championship in 2024, after McLaren and Ferrari emerged as their competitors at the front of the field.

Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has predicted Max Verstappen could become “difficult to manage” if Red Bull can’t deliver the world champion a winning car this year as he urged the Dutch star not to “throw the toys out of the pram”.

Max Verstappen has once again hit out at Netflix over their portrayal of him in their series Formula 1: Drive to Survive. Drive to Survive has been an incredible success for the streaming platform and the sport,

Last season Verstappen beat Norris to the World title in an intriguing battle as the Briton not only became a Grand Prix winner but a title contender. Was Max Verstappen upset aft