Max Verstappen “you can’t ignore me” response to Mercedes interest
Max Verstappenꦕ addresses Toto Wolff's public wish to recruit the Red B🐼ull star
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen has reacted to interܫest in♋ acquiring his services from Mercedes.
The internal going⭕s-on at Red Bull this year create🅺d the unlikely scenario that they could lose their star man, potentially even to their main rivals.
Mercedes must find a replacement for Lewis Hamilton, who wi🗹ll join Ferrar🎶i next year.
An✱d the entire driver market hinges on Verstappen making the final call over his future.
His contract, which runs to 2028, does include quit clauses but Verstappen insists he 𝔉will stay put.
Asked about Toto Wolff’s public declarations of wanting him, Vers⭕tappen told : “He𓆉 can't do anything else.
“I understand whဣy he does it. You can't ignore me.
“In the past, e𒁃ven before Red Bull, we had discussions with Mercedes.
“Then th💮ey said: you have to do this and that to 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 V🏅erstappen moving to Mercedes is particularly shock𝓡ing due to the controversial nature of his first 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 between us and Mercedes,” Verstap꧒pen 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 ಌboth sides.
“But that doesn🤡't mean I think I should be driving somewhere else right now.
“In addition, Mercedes does no🧸t have th🥀e fastest car at the moment. That really is the Red Bull.”
Mercedes boss Wolff has claimed Verstappen is 🥃top of his wish-list to replace Hamilton.
“Yes, I mean, you see what his perform🦩an🧸ce levels are,” he said.
“But I wouldn’t want to discount the other ones t♕oo.
“It’s the kind of relationship that needs to happen at a certain stage. But we 🧸don’t know when.”
Verstappen led teammate Sergio Perez home for a 1-2 fi🅺nish at the F1 Japanese Gran𒐪d Prix.
It is the third finish, in the same order, for the Red Bull duo inౠ four grands prix this season.
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