The 2026 Formula 1 season has barely begun, but one of the sport’s brightest stars is thinking about the end.
Not just of the season, but his career.
Max Verstappen, the four-time Drivers’ Champion, raised the prospects of walking away from the sport at the end of the 2026 season last weekend at the Japanese Grand Prix. His comments come in a season that began with F1 implementing the biggest set of technical regulation changes in the sport’s history, changes that include a near 50/50 split between battery power and the internal combustion engine in the power units.
That change has led to alterations in driving style, with an emphasis on energy
