F1 Today | Did Verstappen have a meeting with Wolff? Ecclestone slams Horner

21:41, 11 Jul

Updated: 22:29, 11 Jul

byLuke-John Buckle

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Did Verstappen have a meeting with Wolff?

Max Verstappen does have a contract with Red Bull until 2028 but the four-time world champions future is far from certain.

He has had to battle an underperforming Red Bull this year while Christian Horner is no longer team principal.

Verstappen was in the Red Bull simulator this week and flew to the same location where Toto Wolff's yacht is.

Verstappen was in Sardinia, Italy, on Friday, but it remains unclear whether Toto Wolff, who would like to sign Verstappen, is also there.

Red Bull have underperformed by their lofty standards as they sit fourth in the Constructors' Championship.

The new regulations coming in for next season throw a spanner in the works as the pecking order remains unclear.

A move to Mercedes may be an option with neither George Russell nor Kimi Antonelli signed up.

Bernie Ecclestone slams Christian Horner

Christian Horner was dismissed by Red Bull from his role as team principal and CEO of the team.

The 51-year-old spent 20 years leading the Austrian team to 14 world championships in his reign.

Bernie Ecclestone didn't mince his words when discussing Horner and in particular the scandal from last year.

He said: “This other business that he got involved with 18 months ago, he was just an idiot.

“He was a 50-year-old who thought he was 20, thought he was one of the boys.

As for Red Bull, Ecclestone believes: “It would probably have been better if they had said, ‘Come in, Christian, sit down. But the bottom line is that there are people there who thought he was getting away with things, that he was acting as if it was not the Red Bull Ring, but the Christian Horner Ring.

"He got away with so many things. And all the time you’re delivering, people close their eyes. But when you stop delivering, people start looking. One or two begin thinking, ‘Well, I could do a better job.”