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Verstappen shuts down McLaren speculation with frosty response
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02/07/2026 at 18:0702/07/2026 at 18:01 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Max Verstappen has made a career out of swatting away rivals on the track, and he sometimes the Red Bull driver applies the exact same zero-tolerance policy to the F1 media core. Arriving at a gray Silverstone on Thursday, the four-time world champion was greeted by a roaring firestorm of paddock gossip linking him to a sensational future switch to bitter rivals McLaren. Verstappen’s response? A verbal bucket of ice water. The rumor mill kicked into overdrive following the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, where whispers emerged that Verstappen’s management team had sat down...
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