{"id":28625,"date":"2026-04-23T05:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/max-verstappen-doubts-not-a-great-look-for-f1-says-oscar-piastri\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:25:47","slug":"max-verstappen-doubts-not-a-great-look-for-f1-says-oscar-piastri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/max-verstappen-doubts-not-a-great-look-for-f1-says-oscar-piastri\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen doubts &#8216;not a great look&#8217; for F1 says Oscar Piastri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Max Verstappen leaving Formula 1 would be &#8220;not a great look&#8221; for the sport, says McLaren driver Oscar Piastri.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Four-time world champion Verstappen, 28, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/formula1\/articles\/cx2695dkjzdo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">said last month<\/a> he was &#8220;not enjoying the whole formula&#8221; following changes to the engine rules this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Red Bull driver has a best finish of sixth in the three races and is considering his future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After an extended break throughout April, Formula 1 has made a series of rule changes to address concerns about the new engine regulations, with most to be introduced at the next race, the Miami Grand Prix on 1-3 May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Piastri, and team-mate and reigning champion Lando Norris, hopes the changes will keep the best drivers in the world &#8211; including Verstappen &#8211; on the grid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I think it would be a shame for the sport to lose Max, especially at this point in his career as well. I think it would be a big loss for the sport as a whole,&#8221; the Australian said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/formula1\/articles\/crm1yzzw210o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Verstappen leaving Formula 1 would be &#8220;not a great look&#8221; for the sport, says McLaren driver Oscar Piastri. Four-time world champion Verstappen, 28, said last month he was &#8220;not enjoying the whole formula&#8221; following changes to the engine rules this season. The Red Bull driver has a best finish of sixth in the three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28627,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28625\/revisions\/28627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}