{"id":15187799,"date":"2026-06-30T13:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/max-verstappens-f1-future-are-mclaren-talks-serious-or-a-way-to-put-pressure-on-red-bull\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:44:40","slug":"max-verstappens-f1-future-are-mclaren-talks-serious-or-a-way-to-put-pressure-on-red-bull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/max-verstappens-f1-future-are-mclaren-talks-serious-or-a-way-to-put-pressure-on-red-bull\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen&#039;s F1 future: Are McLaren talks serious, or a way to put pressure on Red Bull?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max\u00a0Verstappen is still under contract with Red Bull until the end of 2028, but just like a year ago, his future remains one of the main talking points in the Formula 1 paddock.<br \/>At the start of this year, the main question was whether the Dutchman would even remain in F1 because of his dissatisfaction with the technical regulations. However, because of the step-by-step adjustments towards a &#8230;<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/max-verstappens-f1-future-are-mclaren-talks-serious-or-a-way-to-put-pressure-on-red-bull\/10835109\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-ALL&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\">Keep reading<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/max-verstappens-f1-future-are-mclaren-talks-serious-or-a-way-to-put-pressure-on-red-bull\/10835109\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-ALL&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Autos \u2013 Motorsports.com Photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max\u00a0Verstappen is still under contract with Red Bull until the end of 2028, but just like a year ago, his future remains one of the main talking points in the Formula 1 paddock.At the start of this year, the 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