While the likes of Franco Colapinto, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda have their eyes on a Red Bull seat, Helmut Marko says Max Verstappen is their title focus as no other driver is up to the task in “our environment”.

Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen is set to be replaced at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a Red Bull driver swap. The Dutchman can finally relax for the final two races of the season, after he claimed his fourth world title at the Las Vegas GP in what has been a difficult year for Red Bull.

Max Verstappen, after clinching his fourth consecutive Formula 1 World Championship, made a bold statement, suggesting that he could have secured the title even sooner if he had been driving for McLaren or Ferrari.