Mercedes managed two wins in a row. The first in Austria came about somewhat fortuitously (after the clash between Norris and Verstappen), the second in Britain was raked in purely on speed by Lewis Hamilton. In any case, the wins are signs that Mercedes is on the way back to the top. Robert Doornbos suspects Max Verstappen has seen that too.

Mercedes managed two wins in a row. The first in Austria came about somewhat fortuitously (after the clash between Norris and Verstappen), the second in Britain was raked in purely on speed by Lewis Hamilton. In any case, the wins are signs that Mercedes is on the way back to the top. Robert Doornbos suspects Max Verstappen has seen that too.

Christian Horner, Red Bull’s team boss, assumes Verstappen will stay with his racing stable. Indeed, he has already let slip that he believes Lewis Hamilton is leaving Mercedes for a reason. Indeed, according to Horner, Hamilton would have seen that Mercedes’ power unit for ’26 is not strong. Nonsense, Doornbosthinks. “I think Lewis is just ready for a new environment. And the chance to go to Ferrari only comes along once in a lifetime, if at all.”