After Verstappen's sixth place in Bahrain's GP, a crisis meeting was held with several team principals.
It is clear that we need to make progress, acknowledges Helmut Marko, head of Red Bull's driver development program and advisor to F1 team Sky, according to Kronen Zeitung, and continues:
With such a performance, unfortunately, there will be no new World Championship title. And it's not good either since we risk losing Max Verstappen.
The 27-year-old Verstappen, who has taken the World Championship title for the last four years, has a contract with Red Bull until 2028, according to New York Times. In addition to last weekend's sixth place, he has a win, a second place, and a fourth place and is third in the drivers' championship. Briton Lando Norris leads ahead of Australian Oscar Piastri. Both drive for McLaren.
The season's fifth F1 race will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday.
