Verstappen has been increasingly vocal about his frustration with the current generation of Formula 1 cars, particularly their reliance on energy management and deployment for overtaking.

The Dutch driver has even hinted that such factors could influence him to walk away from the sport sooner rather than later, adding fresh uncertainty around his long-term future.

Brundle, however, is losing patience with the repeated narrative.

“Max is very unfiltered, he always has been. He’s talked a lot for a long time about ‘I'm not in this for the long haul, I’m not going to be hanging around here in my 40s’. Max would say ‘it's getting a bit boring now’ and I think it's getting a bit boring with what he's saying....Either go or stop talking about it, because it is what it is. You’ve got to make the most of it,” Brundle told Sky F1.

Despite the blunt assessment, Brundle made it clear that Verstappen’s presence in Formula 1 remains hugely valuable.

“I would hugely miss his talent, his generational speed and car control. It’s something that very few people in the history of motorsport have had, it’s quite extraordinary,” Brundle added.

With Red Bull not enjoying the strongest start to the season, speculation has also grown over a potential move elsewhere.

“I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that, given they were building their own power train for the first time, that his management would have put in an exit clause at the end of this year to see how it goes. Mercedes is saying ‘there's no place at this particular inn at the moment’. So quite what he would do, I don't know,” the former F1 driver concluded.