• Fresh contract will keep driver at Red Bull until 2023• Dutchman had been earmarked to Hamilton at Mercedes
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Max Verstappen has signed a new contract with Red Bull, keeping him at the team until 2023. The 22-year-old Dutchman’s deal was due to expire this year, and he had been earmarked as a potential candidate to replace
Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes if the six-time world champion, also out of contract at the end of the season, moves to Ferrari. But Verstappen, an eight-time grand prix winner, has now committed his long-term future to Red Bull.
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