Max Verstappen ’s manager Raymond Vermeulen insists Red Bull must provide the Dutchman with “equipment to win” if he is to stay at the team long-term.

Four-time F1 world champion Verstappen has won four races this season, including the last two , but this year’s Red Bull car has struggled for performance compared to runaway constructors’ leaders McLaren.

Nonetheless, despite interest from Mercedes, Verstappen insists he will be staying at Red Bull next year, when the team will produce their first power unit in partnership with Ford.

Yet Verstappen’s long-term manager Vermeulen, a regular alongside Jos Verstappen in the paddock on race weekends, admits that he is “constantly monitoring” options up and down the grid for his star driver, who is under contract at Red Bull until the e

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