George Russell has addressed the topic of a potential contract extension with Mercedes ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix.

There’s nothing new about the Verstappen to Mercedes rumour, which began last year as Toto Wolff publicly courted the Red Bull driver as a replacement for the Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton. Wolff went on to sign Mercedes junior Kimi Antonelli as Russell’s F1 2025 team-mate, but both drivers are out of contract at the end of this season.

Thursday is traditionally media day in Formula 1, where after all the events and rumours surrounding Red Bull and Max Verstappen in recent weeks, this was the main topic of discussion. George Russell also touched on the future of Verstappen and his own future at Mercedes.