Helmut Marko sees Aston Martin’s interest in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen as “logical” given that they have signed Adrian Newey, but expressed doubts over the report🐲ed £1 billion offer.

Verstappen’s Red Bull future conti💧nues to be a hot topic amid a report by the claiming Aston Martin were readying a £1bn bid to sign him.

Aston Martin were reportedly prepared to offer Verstappen a shareholding, as well as a bumper deal to bring him to the tꦗeam as one of their drivers.

Aston Martin have heavily recruited on the technical side🅘 in recent years, adding Newey to their star-sꦉtudded line-up from next month.

Their headquarters at Silverstone have been heavily upgra💮ded as they gear up for their Honda engine deal in 2026.

While 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll are contracted until the end🅘 of 2026ജ, speculation about Verstappen hasn’t dissipated.

Mercedes were also heavily linked w🎃ith Verstappen after Lewis Hamilton’s decision to join Ferrarꦺi.

, Marko said: “That Newey is a big Max fan is no secret. And then it’s only logical that you make him an offer.”

Marko doubts size of Aston Martin offer

Aston Martin’s rep🍷orted £1bn deal to sign Verstappen would make him one of the highest-paid sportspeople in the world.

In a ranking publ📖ished by , Verstappen featured in the top 20⛎.

Verstappen earned a base salary of $70m (£55.5m) in 2024 as he clinched his fourth consecutive F1 drivers’ championship with Red Bull.

The Dutchman earned $6m (£4.7m) in endorsements, making his overall earnings༒ for last year a whopping $76m (£60.3m).

While it’s unclear what Verstappen’s base salary would be at Aston Martin based on the £1bn deal, it would likely be in the hundreds of millions - a significant increase on his current Red B🦩ull wage.

However, the figures involved are a surprise tဣo Marko.

“I doubt whether it is really that high, especially given Aston M๊artin’s cur🃏rent share price,” Marko added.

“It is said to have been a hღ༒igh offer. But we don’t know whether the offer really existed.”