There could be Mercedes in Max Verstappen's future. This is the incredible indiscretion that leaves us Bahrain GP, won (or rather dominated) by the Red Bull driver. The situation, although it is difficult to notice on the track given the results, as far as it concerns the Milton Keynes team It's certainly not the best. The big problem is linked to the figure of Christian Horner and its investigation for 'inappropriate attitudes' against a Red Bull employee. Although the British has been deemed innocent, the famous 'Horner gate' seems to be anything but closed. And who knows, maybe all this might also influence Verstappen's future as he could start to look around more and more.
Verstappen, Mercedes is in his future: is the climate too tense in Red Bull?
With the situation linked to Christian Horner still leaving several questions, especially following what happened in the Thursday during free practice (with the release of a Drive that contained screen shots of Horner's alleged chats), there is certainly no shortage of doubts about the climate at Red Bull. Over the course of the weekend in Bahrain, we witnessed a lot two particular meetings. The first occurred between Joseph Verstappen, Max's dad, and the same Horner, with the world champion's father admitting in an interview with the Daily Mail that with Horner the "team could explode very soon".
The meeting between Jos and Wolff
Considering this possibility, another meeting that took place at the end of the race caused a sensation, namely the one between Jos Verstappen and Toto Wolff. A face to face that could have laid the foundations for Verstappen's future in Red Bull. In fact, based on what F1-Insider tells us, it seems that the situation being experienced in Milton Keynes in recent months Max doesn't particularly like him and nothing excludes that the three-time world champion could start looking around. Following this reasoning, ultimately, what better team than Mercedes, considering Hamilton's farewell, could you welcome Verstappen from next season?
And Wolff meanwhile teases: “Everything is possible”
The situation is starting to get interesting. The meeting between Wolff and Jos has fueled several rumors that the Mercedes team principal himself he didn't completely deny it"I have known Jos for about 25 years and when I went to talk to him, I simply congratulated him on his son's achievements”. Although, on the hypothesis of a future for Verstappen in Mercedes, Wolff has not completely closed the door: “All it can happen” concluded the team principal.
