Toto Wolff believes Mercedes won't be able to attract 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen to the team until the new F1 rules in 2026 are introduced.

Mercedes’ top management have been vocal in wanting to bring Verstappen to the team as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s replacement.

While Andrea Kimi Anton𒀰elli is set to join the team next year, Mercedes are holding out to see whether they could sign F1’s reigning world champion.

Verstappen is contracted until the end of ಌ2028 but 🐲it’s thought that he would be able to leave Red Bull if Helmut Marko did.

Red Bull’s slight dip 𝓰in competitiveness has coincided with Mercedes’ resurgence.

It’s widely accepted Mercedes could be the team to beat in 2026 with the new rules centred around hไaving a strong engine.

However, Wolff concedes that🦋 signing Verstappen for 20༺25 is unlikely given Red Bull have an “ultra dominant” car.

“Would Max Verstappen decide to join Mercedes in 2025? No. There is no reason. Why would he?” he told Skyꦦ Sports.

“The car is ultra dominant. Maybe he will win every race. A driver will always seek that machine. That has changed ov🃏er the past few weeks and months.

“Maybe there is a window. But 2026 is our main year where lots of th🉐ings will change.

“I think it could be attractive to drive with us. But whether it’s Max, a🍸nd whether he can get out of his contract? I don’t🦹 know.”

Wolff thinks if Mercedes produce a quick car in 2026, it’ll be much easier to attract Verst𓆏appen irresp𓃲ective of any release clause in his contract.

“No. I don’t knღow what form it is,” he added. “🍌In any case, if a driver doesn’t want to stay somewhere, it is very difficult to keep a driver.

“But I am not rel🌜ying on that. I look at ourselves - a quick car is what will attract the attention of a quick driver. That is our m🥂ain priority. These driver movements are not the end of the story.”

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz was a potential option for Mercedes ൩witꦓh Wolff describing him as “massively underrated”.

However, due to a difference in timelᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚines in when a decision will be made - or when Sainz wants one made - it’s likely the Spaniard will opt for Alpine, Sauber o🐻r Williams.

“I fancied taking Carlos Sainz because ༒he is massively underrated, he is hard working,” he explained. “But I don’t think they can wait as long 🌊as we need. Because maybe our decision is in November.”