The course of history might have been changed had the budding superstar opted to join either of those teams instead of the team who won his signature,🍸 Red Bull.

Red Bull enter the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Austrian Grand Prix, their home race, on course for a second constructors𒁏’ championship in a row while Verstappen is set for a third consecutive drivers’ title.

Max’s father Jos Verstappen, himself a former F1 driver, has told a back-story of when theඣy visited Toto Wolff for secret negotiations in 2014.

“We went to his house in ⛄Vienna, wღe had a serious discussion,” Jos told .

“But I don’t th🌸ink Toto had followed him much in karting and really kn꧃ew how special Max was, otherwise he would have signed him blindfolded, even if Mercedes didn’t have a junior programme.”

The Verstappen and Wolff meeting came to nothing.

Shortly after, th💙e teenager met Helmut Marko of Red Bul♉l.

“We met [Helmut] in 2014 in Hockenheim,”♍ Verstapp🧜en’s father said.

“W𓂃e got into the Red Bull motorhome and joined🉐 the table. 

“Helmut said, ‘I only have twenty minutes’. Nextඣ year I want to put Max on a Toro Ros▨so in F1′.

“The deal was done.”

Sure enough, Verstappen🌟 landed the 2015 Toro Rosso drive.

During his first-eve𒐪r F1 season, 💛as a 17 year old, Verstappen received interest from Ferrari.

The famous Italian team had Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen but, according to ཧVerstappen’s dad, werꦐe sounding out replacements for Raikkonen.

“Not with the current management,ܫ” Verstappen’s dad explained.

“They looked for us after the first year in F1.

“Now Max has everything at Reꦗd Bull, a competitive car and team, it wouldn’t 🧸make sense to change.

“However, wherever he goes in the future he would make a difference if surround🎐ed by the right people.”

Raikkonen remained at Ferrari for 2016. Verstap🦄⭕pen started that year with Toro Rosso but, by March, was called up to Red Bull.

The rest is history.