Max Verstappen “you can’t ignore me” response to Mercedes interest
Max Verstappen addresses Toto Wolff's pub𒉰lic wish to recruit the Red🦩 Bull star
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen has reacted to interest iꦡn acquiring his services from Mercཧedes.
The inꦚternal goings-on at Red Bull this year created the unlikely scenario that they could lose thei💛r star man, potentially even to their main rivals.
Mercedes must find a replacement fo🐎r Lewis Hamilton, who will join Ferrari next year.
And the entire driver mark♋et hinges on Verstappen making the final call over his future.
His contract, which runs to 2028, does include quit clauses bu൲t Verstap🌳pen insists he will stay put.
Asked about Toto Wo♕lff’s public declarations of wanting him, Verstappen told : “He ca𝓡n't do anything else.
“I understand why he does it. You can't ignore m🃏e.
“In the past, even before Red Bull, we had discussions with Mer🗹cedes.
“Then they said: you have to do this and that ꦏto become successful.
“I think I have now shown how it should be done.
“They want me in that car, I understand that.”
The idea of Verstappen moving to Mercedes is particularly sh🀅ocking due to the controversial nature of his fir🐼st F1 title, at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and the fallout surrounding it.
“Look: a few years ago there was of course a little ♊more tension betwe꧒en us and Mercedes,” Verstappen said.
He joked: “I would like to꧃ say a little more,🐬 yes, haha.
“But that can all 🥃be forgiven and forgotten. That's true on both sides.
“Bꦡut that doesn't mean I think I should be driving somewhere else right now.
“In addition, Mercedes does not have th▨e fastest car at the moment. That really is the Red Bull.”
Mercedes boss Wolff has claimed Verstappe𒐪n is top of his ꦐwish-list to replace Hamilton.
“Yes, I mean, you see what his performance levels are💎,” he said.
“But I wouldn’t want to disco⛦unt the oꦰther ones too.
“It’s the kind🦩 of relationship that needs to hap𒈔pen at a certain stage. But we don’t know when.”
🌼Vers▨tappen led teammate Sergio Perez home for a 1-2 finish at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.
It is the third finish, in the same order, for the Red Bull duo in four grands prix this se🐭ason.
James was a sporꦗts journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
