Max Verstappen signs longest ever Red Bull F1 deal until 2028

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has called the new deal a “real statement of intent” as the Milton Keynes outfit maps out its future.

The Dutchman already had a contract that covered the 2022 and 2023 seasons after a previous extension was announced in January 2020.

The seven-year total duration of the new arrangement is believed to be the longest driver deal ever signed in F1.

After winning the 2021 world championship in Abu Dhabi Verstappen joked that he…