Toto Wolff admitted on ‘ESPN’ that he regretted of not having signed max verstappen when he had the chance, and he chose Esteban Ocon instead. “I regret? Certainly, yes, but it was not an option in the past.”
“had two pilots with which he was very happy and when Nico (Rosberg) left, Valtteri (Bottas) was the option, Max wasn’t even available“, were the words of the team leader of Mercedes.
Days after, Marko Helmut He has had the opportunity to speak in ‘Algemeen Dagblad’ about this situation that would have changed the current panorama of F1. Therefore, he formulated a question to portray Wolff: “Was his talent not visible enough in Formula 3?? So I don’t know exactly what Toto was looking at“.
“When I saw Max at the Norisring it was already completely clear to me that he had something special. he knows everything“explained the Red Bull technical adviser.
Overtake Hamilton?
The seven-time world champion lewis hamilton he established his legend in Mercedes achieving six titles. Currently Max has two, and Marko believes that Verstappen is in time to surpass the seven-time champion and the ‘Kaiser’: “When Schumacher retired, I thought: ‘Wow, his record will stay forever.
“Then came the incredible performance from Mercedes and LewisSo, without trusting myself too much, i think everything is possible“, indicated the recruiter of young talents of the Austrian team.
The future of Red Bull… with Verstappen?
“We have very good people and a good factory, and we have Max, who has a contract with us until 2028 and is not yet at his limit,” he said. “He’s still developing, he does everything with such ease… like there’s no pressure on him,” he remarked. “Let’s see how far we can go togetherMark concluded.
