The one scenario Max Verstappen could leave Red Bull for Mercedes: “If he knows that…”
David Croft ﷺhas pointed out one scenario where he could♈ see Max Verstappen leave Red Bull.
Sky Sports F1 commentator David Croft has identified one scenario where he could see 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen leave Red Bull for Mercedes.
While Verstappen is under contract at Red Bull un🎃til 2028𒐪, his F1 future has been a hot topic.
Doubts surrounding his commitment to Red Bull emerged ꦰamid the Christian Horner scandal ღfor his alleged inappropriate behaviour.
Attention has turned to on-track matters in recent weeks but that hasn’t stopped Toto Wolff fro🔯m publicly trying 💫to charm Verstappen.
Following the Chinese Grand Prix, Wolff suggested that there are “factors” which could result🅺 in Verstapp෴en leaving Red Bull.
Horner fired back at Wolff for his comments, stating the Austrian s🦂hould worry more about the pe✃rformance of his car than the drivers.
Speaking o꧋n the latest episode of the Sky F1 podcast, Croft explained why he could see Verstappen joining Mercedes if there were signs the German manufacturer were set up to dominate in 2026 - like they did in 2014 when the new engine rules were introduced.
“I don’t think Max Verstappen is going to go to Mercedes,” he said. “I really don’t see Max leaving unless and here’s the caveat, unless he know▨s and how he knows and how anyone knows, I don’t know, that the Mercedes engܫine in 2026 is going to be like the Mercedes engine in 2014
“If he knows that, then he’s gꦫoing to want to go. But otherwise, why give 𒈔up a winning thing?
“And Red Bull are a winning thing at the moment and there are no guarantees from the outside that 🦩Mercedes will be that in 2026.”
Christian Hewgi💖ll appeared on the podcast alongside Croft and suggested that Verstappen is ‘keeping 💃his cards close to his chest’ in case there’s more fallout from the Horner situation.
“I don’t tꦬhink the issues that gave him that ambiguity in the first place have completely gone away,” he added.
“It’s not like we can safely say that book is closed and done. That could rear its head again. It seems to have dipped a li♚ttle bit in recent weeks.
“That might not be the case. Max is therefore keeping his c🐭ards close to his chest as he’s said if Ma💛rko goes, I go. That is possibly why.”
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