F1 Gossip: Max Verstappen agrees £40m-a-year ‘super contract’ with Red Bull

- F1 world champion Max Verstappen has agreed a new 'super contract’ that will see him remain at Red Bull for the foreseeable futꦕure in a deal worth £41.7m (€50m) a year ()
That is acc𒐪ording to a report in De Telegraaf by Dutch journalist Erik Van Haren, who is very close to the Verstappen camp. Van Haren reports that Verstappen is on the verge on sigౠning a deal for the next four-to-five years.
Final agreement between the two parties was underꦑstood to have been agreed during la𒉰st week’s opening pre-season test at Barcelona and an official announcement could come as early as this week.
- Ferrari has reportedly made major progress with its new internal combustion engine for 2022 that puts ꧑it on a par with Mercedes and Honda in terms of total power output ()
- Despite being forced to end its pre-season test at Barcelona early, Fernando Alonso is confident Alpine has made a “stepꦐ forward” with its new power unit fo♈r the 2022 season ()
- Mercedes technicജal director Mike Elliot has admitted the team is looking closely at Red Bull’s “interesting” design concept of the aggressive n🐷ew sidepods on its RB18 ()
- F1 team bosses have moved to justify the increasing amount of sponsorship deals with cytoc𒈔urrency brands amid concerns over their stability and impact o𓄧n the environment ()
)- Following Haas’ decision to remove Uralkali’s branding from its livery for the final day of running at the Barcelona t♉est, the Russian company’s logos are also missing from Formula 2 team Hitech GP’s livery for 2022
The ownership of has been transferred back to Oliver Oakes after the sanctions imposed as the result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
— Decalspotters (@decalspotters)
No Uralkali logos will be present on the Hitech cars across their different teams.

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