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

In the latest F1 Gossip, Verstappen agrees new 'super contract', Ferrari make major engine progress, and Mercedes eye up Red Bull's "interesting" sidepod design...
F1 Gossip: Verstappen agrees £40m-a-year ‘super contract’

- 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 () 

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- 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 

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