Toto Wolff has conceded 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mercedes face an uphill battle in his bid to steal 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen away from F1 rivals Red Bull.

Lewis Hamilton’s shock decision to quit Mercedes and join Ferrari next season hﷺas left a vacant seat at Mercedes alongside George Russell, with several drivers including Carlos Sainz - who Hamilton will replace - linked with the drive.

Mercedes protege Andrea Kimi Antonelli is believed to be the teaꦜm’s first-choice to replace the seven-time world champion but Wolff is keen not to place additional pressure on the 17-year-old Italian, who is competing in his rookie Formula 2 campaign.

Wolff has openly admitted he would “love” to take advantage of the turmoil that has surrounded Red Bull since the 🌃start of the season in the wake of the controversy around team principal Christian Horner by poaching Verstappen from the reigning world champions.

But Wolff knows that will be a hard sell to the trip♚le world champion given Mercedes’ cur꧟rent lack of competitiveness.

“Max is🗹 not going to get in a car that is not competitive and at the moment we are not competitive enough to lure a world champion,” Wolff told the PA News agency at the Monaco Grand Prix.

However, Wolff pointed to McLaren’s resurgence as an example of how quicklಌy teams’ fortunes can change during the season.

“Butꦜ we have to see how the next months go,” Wolff added. 

“Look at McLaren. If we can put𒆙 four tenths on the car, we will be very competitive.𒁏 

"I hav♔e to wait for the moment. Th♏ere is no urgency.”

Wolff had previously spoken positively of Ca🔜rlos Sainz, another option for Mercedes' 2025 seat.

B🙈ut Wolff insisted he would not move quickly to snap up Sainz for 2025, admitting: “I’m prepared to compromis💫e in certain decisions."

Verstappen has repeatedly insisted that he is happy at Red Bull despite uncertainty surrounding his future. The Dutchman is under🍌 contract with R💙ed Bull until 2028.

Fol꧑lowing the news of Red Bull technical guru Adrian Newey’s impending exit, Verstappen said ♏he is not considering his future.

“Like I said before, I think it’s important to always have the quickest car, because that makes it a lot easier to think about what is right,” he said. “At the endꦦ of the day, we have a really strong group of people that maybe aren’t talked enough about in the press in general.

“That’s fine, they know what they have to do, they know wha𒈔t they are worth to the team, and they know how important they have been for the current success as well with the car. We just keep on working.”