Dismissing hypothesis over his current vacation in Sardinia, Toto Wolff seems to close down speak of a bid for Max Verstappen… for now.
With hypothesis already at fever pitch, when it was revealed that each the Mercedes boss and the four-time world champion have been holidaying in Sardinia, the writing gave the impression to be on the wall.
Not so, insists the Austrian.
“What’s new is that individuals are doing photograph collages with aeroplanes, we have by no means had that earlier than,” he tells ORF. “However in case you spend your holidays shut to one another, it does not imply that you will work collectively in Formulation 1,” he provides. “We now have at all times gotten alongside properly and by likelihood we prefer to spend our holidays on the identical locations.”
Aside from Verstappen’s comprehensible doubts over Purple Bull, the hypothesis hasn’t been helped by the delay in extending George Russell’s contract.
“Discussions have been going down during the last weeks and months, so they’re all updated,” insists Wolff. “The path of journey is that we need to proceed with George and Kimi. That’s the first precedence.”
Nonetheless…
“You possibly can’t look previous somebody like Max and the plans he has for the long run,” he admits. “We did that, however I do not suppose there might be any large surprises.”
