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Red Bull has confirmed reigning world champion Max Verstappen will remain at the team until 2028 after signing a new contract.

Max Verstappen signs new contract to stay at Red Bull until 2028

Neither driver was hurt, and team manager Toto Wolff diplomatically declined to blame either of his drivers.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser The shocking crash shattered the German team's dream of a perfect season. After the contact both cars ended up in the gravel trap across the track. Rosberg moved further to the right and pushed Hamilton off the track. The move drew Rosberg off the racing line and Hamilton attempted to pass his teammate on the right into turn 4. Hamilton started on the pole but Rosberg passed him in the first turn. The Mercedes drivers qualified on the front row and Rosberg had won each of the season's first four races. Verstappen took the win when both drivers for the dominant Mercedes team, Nico Rosberg and defending World Champion Lewis Hamilton, crashed into each other on the first lap. AFP / JOSEP LAGO (Photo credit should read JOSEP LAGO/AFP/Getty Images) 15, 2016 in Montmelo on the outskirts of Barcelona during the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix. Infiniti Red Bull's Belgian-Dutch driver Max Verstappen competes at the Circuit de Catalunya on May.

Verstappen also became the youngest driver to lead a race and the youngest to stand on the podium, as well as the first Dutch Grand Prix winner. The list of top 10 youngest race winners before this weekend's race included three-time world champ Lewis Hamilton, 2007 title winner Kimi Raikkonen, seven-time champ Michael Schumacher, and two-time champ Emerson Fittipaldi. Two-time champ Fernando Alonzo held the record before Vettel. Winning an F1 race at a tender age is usually a portent of a great career. In his very first race for the powerful Red Bull team, the 18-year-old Verstappen became the youngest winner in F1 history, taking that distinction from four-time champion, Sebastien Vettel, who won the 2008 Italian Grand Prix at age 21. Teenager Max Verstappen has made positioned himself as the fastest rising star in one of the world's richest sports with a remarkable win in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, after Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton crashed on the very first lap.