It was an open secret that max verstappen in their the beginning could end in Mercedes, but life due to certain situations did not unite the Dutchman with the team Toto Wolff and their paths crossed.
The director of Mercedes himself has revealed this news, which has caused a stir in the company by directly implicating its competitors from Red Bull.
Ten years ago, a young man with just 15 years of age was already sweeping among the promises of the engine. So his father and his agents sought to make a hole for him in Formula 1 for a future project.
In that process, Max and Jox Verstappen they ran into Toto Wolff, he mercedes boss. The leader of the brackley has revealed in ‘Motorsport’ how the occasion was forged in which the Dutchman he was very close to his team.
“He could have arrived, but at that moment We didn’t have a steering wheel in Formula 1 because they were lewis hamilton and Nico Rosberg with long-term contracts,” he said.
Wolff was aware of Verstappen’s potential, but in 2015 he only had a hole in the youth ranks: “Max was clearly an interesting youngster, but at that time we could have offered him a place in GP2 and then maybe a contract,” he added.
The fact that Mercedes only hired drivers for a very long term and the family’s fear that this project would fail made it impossible to Verstappen signing by silver arrows.
Although his own Toto Wolff was the one who advised Max on the Red Bull project. In this way, the script changed resoundingly.
“The one who could offer him a seat in Formula 1 was Marko Helmutand I advised him to follow that patheven if it meant seeing exit mercede orbityes,” he said.
