Rumors about signings for 2025 do not stop at Formula 1. Although the season has only just begun, the market is already on the move, and the championship’s great figures are among the protagonists.
The announcement of Lewis Hamilton signing for Ferrari started a domino effect of unimaginable proportions. At the moment, the steering wheel that is free is that of Mercedes, which seems to be very clear who it wants to option.
“We have a free spot, the only one of the top teams. Unless Verstappen decides he’s leaving and then the space won’t be free. with us” said Toto Wolff on ‘Fox Sports Australia’.
Asked if Verstappen would be chosen as number one, the Mercedes team boss replied: “Yes. You see what his performance level is, but I don’t want to exclude others as well.“.
Wolff had already tried to sign Verstappen when he was a teenager before he joined Red Bull, but Wolff was not immediately able to offer him a seat in F1.
“It’s the kind of relationship that has to happen at a certain time, but we don’t know when,” he said when asked if signing Verstappen could come full circle.
Wolff also mentioned Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz as possible options. “Obviously there is Fernando, who is very exciting, and Carlos, very good. So there is a little,” he said.
Verstappen has not ruled out a long-term move to Mercedes but told Australia he was comfortable with his “second family” Red Bull and it would be a great story to end his F1 career with them.
However, and despite the fact that he has a contract with Red Bull until 2028, His future with the team has been darkened recently due to the breakdown of relations between his father Jos and director Christian Horner..
Source: La Verdad
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