Just got up and already zoff? In the morning early in the morning, two men bend around fifty to the Brackley Road around fifty. They come from one of the campsites, of which there is a good dozen in the area around Silverstone. Now they want to go. The men have created their ornate: the short trousers, the short-sleeved shirts and the fishing hats on their minds-everything kept in the colors of their favorite racing team Red Bull Racing. And Although the arrival traffic drowns out the discussion of the men, this Sunday (4:00 p.m. MESZ in the F.A.Z.-Liveticker for Formula 1 and Sky) seems to be going quickly, what that is on Both of the Frühe of Herrgotts. Is it true? The deal sealed? Does Max Verstappen leave the Red Bull team and will switch to Mercedes next year? Mercedes pilot George Russell chatted that the leadership of the silver arrow team talks to the four-time world champion-certainly not by chance-at the Grand Prix of Austria. Nun reported the Italian broadcaster from Milan, Verstappen and Toto Wolff, racing director, managing director and a third of the Mercedes team. Only the top of the group in Stuttgart still has to agree to the supposedly 100 million euro transfer. A robber gun Alla Milanese? Verstappen is covered by the Dutch sheet “de Telegraaf”, which has a direct line in the camp of the four-time world champion and is considered the mouthpiece of the Verstappen clan, contradicts the Italians. There is no agreement: “It is far from that,” wrote “De Telegraaf” on Thursday. Activate external content that is probed behind the scenes is no longer a secret. Brought from Russell to the bredouille, Toto Wolff admitted corresponding conversations with Verstappen’s side. But he didn’t even want to confirm that in Silverstone. “Is this story that your representatives spoke to Toto, something true?”, The world champion was asked on Thursday. He swallowed briefly. Considered. The question repeated: “Is there anything true?” There was nothing to say that he hadn’t already said, Verstappen finally replied. He later added that he did not think of the next year that he also applies to Red Bull for a long time (until the end of 2028). However, a loophole should contain a clause, according to which Verstappen can leave Red Bull, should be noted in the World Cup until the start of the summer break outside the top three. Verstappen is currently third, there is nine points ahead of Russell at three Grands Prix and a sprint race until the cut -off date. His own future in Formula 1 is considered closely linked to the outcome of the Verstappen poker. Neither he nor the young colleague Kimi Antonelli-both come from the Mercedes pilot academy-have a valid Formula 1 contract for the next year. Catapults the Mercedes control reform to the front? During the summer vacation, Wolff knew that he wanted to decide on the future driver’s pairing. The fact that he has to try to lure the best of the best, makes sense. McLaren boss Zak Brown called the idea of Verstappen at the wheel of a silver arrow “scary”. He thinks Wolff’s team on the go. Verstappen at Mercedes, that would also mean: Verstappen no longer at Red Bull. Team boss Christian Horner, Toto Wolff’s favorite enemy for many years. The whisper has been going on for months, Mercedes will be in 2026, when new engine rules apply, the most powerful engines. So it went when the silver 2014 climbed to the permanent winner at the beginning of the hybrid era. In view of the advancing decline of Red Bull Racing, which began in 2024 and next to the racetrack, it is easy to identify an obvious goal for Verstappen in Mercedes. That was an “enormous challenge,” said Christian Horner on Friday afternoon in Silverstone and added that it would be “embarrassing” for Mercedes and all other engine manufacturers if they will be slower in the coming year than the bulls. The fact that Horner reduces the expectations as a precaution seems understandable. However, it does not surprise more on the topic of this industry of camouflage and deceiving, should Mercedes fuel the rumors about the strong motor itself. Most of them are considered unpredictable. The new cars will be tested in the first five days in winter. This illustrates how much the teams fear embarrassment. A change to the unknown could become a misstep. This also applies to the exceptionally.
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