A scenario has been described which could spectacularly cost 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell his Mercedes future.

Russell’s current Mercedes contract expires at the end of this season but 168澳洲幸运5官方𒁃开奖结果历史:he will reportedly pen lucrative😼 new terms, in a clear show of faith from the team.

However, the ongoing doubt surrounding 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s future could have a knock-on effect.

“If Max Verstappen sprung into the market🐻place I would be quite worried for George,” Martin Brundle told Sky Sports at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.

“Kimi Antonelli is obviously their man for the 🐻future.

“There’s a lot of ‘ifs’ in there.

“George is doing a great job for them as their ✨team leader.

“But Toto Wolff missed Max once. I don’t think he’ll miss him a second time, should he get ꩲthe opportunity.”

Would Mercedes jump to sign Max Verstappen?

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes notoriously missed the cha💦nce to sign a teenage Verstappen before he was snapౠped up by Red Bull.

“Do I regret missing out on Max? Certainly,” Mercedes team principal Wolff admitteꦬd in 2023. 

“But it wasn’t an option back in the day.”

Wolff met Jos Verstappen in 2014 about 🌠his talented son. But Mercedes were in their heyday with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg at the time.

Red Bull moved swiftly to snap Verstappen up - and t🌞heir decision paid dividends as they ended Mercedes’ era of dominance together.

Last year, Wolff again spoke about the possibility of signing Verstappen as a replacement for Ferrari-bound Hamil🉐ton.

That opportunity🐼 never came to fruitio🦂n, despite the difficult period at Red Bull, so Wolff placed his faith in rookie Antonelli.

Some F1 insiders suggested that signing a rookie of Antonelli’s talent was a lesson learned after not picking🃏 up Verstappeღn.

Now a four-time F1 champion battling for a fifth this ye💞ar, Verstappen’s future💦 is again up for debate.

Helmut Marko has worryingly admiꦛtted that Red Bull could lose their top driver unless their struggling car finall♒y fi💝nds some performance to match McLaren.

ﷺ168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Ralf Schumacher has boldly predicted a deadline, which is fast approaching, for Verstappen to quit🐓 🅘Red Bull.

Mercedes and Aston Martin would the obvious♔ landing spots if Verstappen did choose to leave.

But🐠 the new contract which is reportedly on the table for Russell at Mercedes complicates matters.

Contracts for F1 drivers can mean very little when 🔜a team is intent upon a change but Mercedes have been clear inℱ their faith in Russell, who was on the podium last weekend in Bahrain.

But would that change abruptly if Verꩲstappe𝕴n was available?