Max Verstappen flies to a Swiss airfield the week of the Spanish Grand Prix

Max Verstappen flew from Aviosuperficie privata "La Ceriella" in Italy to a private airstrip near Payerne, Switzerland on June 11, a 33-minute hop in his Dassault Falcon 900EX, PH-DTF. The destination, recorded as coordinates 46.841, 6.915, is Payerne Air Base (LSMP), a site Verstappen has used before — flight history shows a May 22 stop there from Avignon.

The trip comes the same week Verstappen heads to Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix, a circuit he has called a real test for Red Bull's upgrades this season. Per reports from PlanetF1 and Motorsport.com, Red Bull identified an engine issue as the cause of Verstappen's Monaco retirement on May 25 and had planned to replace his first power unit of the season after that race. The Dutchman scored zero points in Monaco after his car lost power on the opening lap, as Formula1.com noted, making Barcelona a key chance to close the gap to championship leader Kimi Antonelli.

Verstappen's recent flight pattern shows multiple trips between his Avignon-area base (LFMV) and Manassas, Virginia in late May, plus a sequence of hops between Münster, Toulon, and Amsterdam in mid-May. The Swiss stop, brief and at a military field, is likely a logistics pivot ahead of a race weekend, not a public appearance — consistent with a driver who keeps travel tight between factory visits and grand prix circuits.