Wow I really need to catch up with the times this season. Max aching to leave? Maybe he does need to do that to prove a driver can do that because correct me if I'm wrong, but other than Big Schu and Hammie (and do single wins really count?), no championship-winning driver has ever found new -- and sustained -- success after leaving his team for another... right?
I would do the same thing if I was in his shoes.
It is to late for Red Bull to change things in better direction this season, and Verstappen always have championship ambitions.
I am sure other teams would stand in line offering him better deals than Red Bull, and there are much older guys in other teams, for example Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.