MILAN, Italy -- Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo say being given a car with championship-winning potential is key to either of them having a long-term future at Red Bull.
Red Bull has won just one race this year and lies a distant third in the pecking order behind Mercedes and Ferrari. The team, which dominated the start of the current decade, has struggled since the introduction of V6 turbos in 2014, with just six wins to its name in that time.
Red Bull insists Verstappen is tied down to a deal until the end of 2019, but a spate of mechanical retirements this season -- most recently on the eighth lap of the Belgian Grand Prix -- have led him and father Jos hinting at a loss in faith in the team and its partnership with Renault.