{"id":510546,"date":"2026-03-29T08:47:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=510546"},"modified":"2026-03-29T08:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:47:54","slug":"verstappen-thinking-about-retiring-from-f1-at-the-end-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/verstappen-thinking-about-retiring-from-f1-at-the-end-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen thinking about retiring from F1 at the end of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max Verstappen has revealed he is considering retiring from Formula 1 at the end of the campaign, claiming he is not enjoying racing anymore after finishing 8<sup>th<\/sup> at the Japanese GP.<\/p>\n<p>Max, who has been fiercely critical of the sport\u2019s controversial new regulations, said that to the BBC after another disappointing race.<\/p>\n<p>While the Dutch driver has frequently questioned his long-term future in F1, this time the 4-time world champ has answered a direct question whether he could retire at the end of the year, 2 seasons before the end of his Red Bull deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019m trying to say,\u201d Verstappen claimed. \u201cI\u2019m considering everything at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my personal life, I\u2019m a happy person. You wait for the season to start, and then begin the question yourself if it is worth it? Or would you love to spend more time with your family? Spending more time with my friends while I\u2019m not enjoying racing in Formula 1 anymore?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max had another disappointing weekend in Japan, eliminated in Q2 in qualifying before finishing 8<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 | BREAKING! <\/p>\n<p>Verstappen is seriously considering an F1 retirement after 2026 due to the current regulations.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErikvHaren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ErikvHaren<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8peKD5gyQ1\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/8peKD5gyQ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Race+ (@racepluscom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/racepluscom\/status\/2038176873692155985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Verstappen has revealed he is considering retiring from Formula 1 at the end of the campaign, claiming he is not enjoying racing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":510547,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17680,17288],"news_category":[16921,16715],"gn_keywords":[17971,1081],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"Max is considering quitting Formula 1 at the end of the year.","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/510546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/510546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510548,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/510546\/revisions\/510548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510546"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=510546"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=510546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}