Verstappen has agreed a deal €50million a year!

New deal – Verstappen will earn €50million a year until at least the end of 2025. Sky Sports reports that the deal will be officially this week.

This deal potentially sets Verstappen and Red Bull up as the force the others will have to measure up to for years to come, the new Hamilton/Mercedes or Schumacher/Ferrari.

Red Bull has traditionally opted for highly incentivised contracts with rewarding bonuses on top of the base salary. Verstappen would have had a bumper 2021 given his success: 10 wins, 10 poles positions, 18 podiums and the title.

Max Verstappen has signed a multi-year extension with Red Bull Racing, which is believed to be worth €50million a year until at least the end of 2025.

It’s a logical move for Max Verstappen and Red Bull to extend their deal with a contract that doubtless recognises his status as a world champion. But it doesn’t change the driver market landscape in any meaningful way.

Red Bull’s first world champion since Sebastian Vettel thoroughly deserves a new contract that reflects that achievement and his value to Red Bull now and in the years to come.

Sky Sports reports that the deal will be officially announced by Red Bull later this week.

Verstappen enters the 2022 campaign on the back of claiming his maiden Formula 1 title last year, besting Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton at the Abu Dhabi finale.

The Dutchman’s previous contract was set to expire at the end of the 2023 campaign, after he signed a new deal with Red Bull just over two years ago.

The new deal for Verstappen will shut down any interest from rival teams in the paddock, allowing Red Bull to keep him on-board until “close to his 30th birthday”, according to Sky Sports.

Verstappen has raced for Red Bull since 2016, taking 13 pole positions, 20 grand prix wins and 60 podium finishes in that time.

The 2022 campaign will be Verstappen’s seventh with Red Bull and his eighth overall in F1, having spent his rookie season in 2015 with Red Bull’s sister squad Toro Rosso.

Verstappen got to drive Red Bull’s 2022 challenger, the RB18, last week in Barcelona at the first pre-season test of the year, as he looks to defend his title.

The 24-year-old will get back behind the wheel of the car next week in Bahrain, with that test preceding the opening round of the season in Sakhir on March 20.

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