Max Verstappen followers can be happy to study the reigning world champion will not be leaving System One anytime quickly.

Pink Bull Racing introduced on Thursday that Verstappen will proceed driving with the workforce via 2028, at which level he can be 30 years outdated.

Verstappen’s present contract with Pink Bull runs via 2023, although he is now signed a brand new contract protecting the following 5 years. The brand new contract is the longest in F1 historical past.

Crucially, it means Verstappen will nonetheless be with the squad after the arrival of a brand new energy unit design in 2026, which Pink Bull will develop internally, through its new Pink Bull Powertrains division. With the contract in place, each Verstappen and the workforce can totally give attention to making the brand new energy unit a hit.

“I actually get pleasure from being a part of the Oracle Pink Bull Racing Crew, so selecting to remain to the 2028 season was a straightforward choice,” Verstappen stated in an announcement.

The Dutch driver joined Pink Bull in 2016, after beginning his F1 profession one 12 months prior with Pink Bull feeder workforce Toro Rosso (now AlphaTauri). Since then the workforce has successfully molded itself round him, which culminated with the successful of the 2021 Drivers’ title, albeit controversially.