Chequered Flag Extra: What next for Max Verstappen?

F1: Chequered Flag

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🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Harry Benjamin and the BBC F1’s correspondent Andrew Benson are joined by former Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari to speak about the situation at Red Bull. What next for the team following Christian Horner’s removal as team principal? And what next for their star driver Max Verstappen? Plus, we hear what new Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies is like to work under, and whether he’ll be able to turn the team’s fortunes around.

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0:00.0	Catch the summer of cricket on BBC Sounds.
0:04.4	That's shot and that's a massive blow.
0:06.4	Unbelievable.
0:07.6	With commentary on five sports extra.
0:09.9	Balls in!
0:11.1	Bales go flying!
0:12.9	Reactions from the Test Match Special podcast.
0:15.5	They have so much spirit.
0:16.9	They've had a tremendous day's play.
0:18.4	And the funny side with Greg James, Felix White and Jimmy Anderson on tail enders.
0:23.9	Jimmy, are you having a blast in the blast?
0:25.9	We're having a blast watching the blast.
0:27.8	It's been a blast, yeah.
0:30.2	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:34.1	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Music, radio, podcasts.
0:48.0	Hello and welcome back to Checkered Flag. Make sure you're subscribed to BBC Sounds and have push notifications turned on in your phone settings so you never miss a new episode. Now,
0:53.9	last week we were planning to bring you
0:55.7	a check-it-flag extra episode, and then the Christian Horner news broke. So that episode went in the
1:00.7	bin, but we brought you an emergency podcast instead. So this week, we are back, but we're going
1:06.7	to delve deeper into the goings-on at Red Bull currently a week later. I'm Harry Benjamin
1:12.7	and I'm joined by the BBC's F-1 correspondent Andrew Benson and special guest this week,
1:17.4	former Formula One driver Jaime Argoswari, who was part of the Red Bull family driving for the
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