Johnny Herbert claims to have heard that Verstappen is close to a Mercedes deal for 2025.
"Max Verstappen 'close to Mercedes deal' reveals F1 legend as he slams Red Bull for 'stupid' decision"
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/26797...d-bull-horner/
Herbert:
"Red Bull who's got the best driver in the world at the present time and they're very close to pushing him out of the team as well. And I've heard that it's getting quite close with a deal with Mercedes. And that seems to be a stupid thing to do: you wanna keep your biggest asset. Your biggest asset is not the Christian Horner Show. Your biggest asset is Max Verstappen - that's where all these world championships have come from. It would be crazy that Max left because of this situation that's there. Jos has said it could be very destructive and rip it apart. And I think it's gone on for far too long and in some respect Christian should really think about it and actually step aside."