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Toto Wolff not ‘flirting’ with Max Verstappen over Mercedes F1 swap
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Toto Wolff not ‘flirting’ with Max Verstappen over Mercedes F1 swap

Motorsports April 20, 2025
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Method 1 boss Toto Wolff has revealed zero negotiations have been held with , claiming he’s “tremendous completely satisfied” along with his present driver pairing.

The way forward for the four-time world champion is presently doubtful because of Crimson Bull’s aggressive decline, and Mercedes has been touted as a potential vacation spot for Verstappen.

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Mercedes famously missed out on signing him in 2014 when a 17-year-old Verstappen opted to hitch the Crimson Bull fold to make his F1 debut.

Preliminary talks between each events reignited final summer season when Mercedes was looking for its alternative, however negotiations by no means went additional.

The Silver Arrows finally partnered with rookie for 2025, however final yr Wolff claimed he had a “feeling” the paths of Mercedes and Verstappen would finally cross.

So when requested by Sky Sports activities F1 if he would instantly bounce on the likelihood of signing Verstappen, the Austrian replied: “No I wouldn’t say that. I all the time say I don’t flirt outdoors if I’m completely satisfied within the relationship, professionally.

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“I’m tremendous pleased with the line-up that now we have. I couldn’t want for something higher, and Max is at Crimson Bull, we haven’t had a dialog, we’re persevering with our trajectory.”

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If Verstappen had been to hitch Mercedes then it might probably be within the place of Russell, whose contract expires on the finish of this yr.

However the three-time grand prix winner has severely impressed in 2025, claiming three podiums throughout the opening 4 rounds and is fourth within the championship. It’s understood that the shape has led to him being set for a contract renewal.

“He’s doing a high job,” mentioned Wolff. “He was just a little bit all the time, I wouldn’t say underrated as a result of he’s such a stoic particular person…folks talked about Lewis or talked about Max.

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“Now you’ll be able to see how he’s delivering. He’s performing to the utmost and he’s doing actually nice.”

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Antonelli has additionally impressed in his rookie marketing campaign, sitting sixth within the championship, but Wolff mentioned it’s nonetheless a “studying” course of for the 18-year-old.

“It’s a trajectory,” Wolff added. “George’s stage could be very excessive and that is Method 1, I all the time say to him [Antonelli], ‘you’d by no means been uncovered to such a subject of the most effective drivers on the planet’.

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“So it might have been bizarre him coming in being on George’s tempo as a result of that will have meant George was not on the max stage…George is.”

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