On the face of it, Max Verstappen has no reason to leave Red Bull. Their rivals may have closed in over the past few races, but he remains the overwhelming favourite to win the championship. Verstappen has won five of this year’s seven Grands Prix to date and he arrived in Monaco with a 48-point lead over Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc. He could become just the fifth F1 driver in history to win four straight titles after Juan Manuel Fangio, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton. But this isn’t the only factor in his decision. There has been instability behind the scenes at th…
