“Honestly, when I read that, it’s the first time that I saw something like that,” he said. “The only contact that I had with them was about GT3 for this year. That’s it. There’s not much to say, really, because there isn’t anything.”
Asked to clarify what the GT3 contact was about, he explained: “It’s not me personally driving, but I’m starting my own team for this year with the drivers, so, of course, some things need to be in place.”
Verstappen will head into the 2025 season aiming to join an exclusive club of five-time World Champions, with Juan Manuel Fangio, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton the only other drivers to achieve the feat.
Red Bull, meanwhile, are looking to reclaim the Constructors’ Championship crown, having won the 2022 and 2023 titles before slipping to third – behind McLaren and Ferrari – last time out.