Rumours of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen joining Mercedes resurfaced during the Monaco Grand Prix F1 weekend, according to Sky’s David Croft.

Verstappen to Mercedes has been a recurring talking point in the wake of𒉰 the turmoil surrounding Red Bull this year🧔.

It started during the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend follow༒ing the fallout surrounding Christian Horner and the investigation into his alleged inappropriate behaviour.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has been publicly vocal ꦍin his interest in Verstappen, wꦡith the team as a whole hyping up how competitive they will be when the new 2026 rules are introduced.

Speaking on the latest epis♐ode of the , Croft suggest🍰ed that the appearance of Jos Verstappen - Max’s father - sparked more rumours about a possible move.

“Let’s go back t♉o Monaco where the Verstappen to Mercedes rumours started being talked about again,” Croft said. “Now, I am not sure what’s changed since the opening race of the season and Monaco so that it all went a bit quiet in between and then someone might have come to the race in Monaco that we hadn’t seen at the track for a w꧙hile that might be quite close to Max Verstappen. Mentioning no names on that one but the rumours started again on that one.”

Croft claimed th🔴at he had received a number of text messages o𒆙ver the Monaco weekend stating that Verstappen to Mercedes isn’t “dead in the water yet”.

“You get the impression, and I had a couple of wonderful text messages ov♋er the Monaco weekend from people who’d heard Jos talking and saying ‘Max going to Mercedes, you know, that’s not dead in the water yet’,” he added.

“It’s quite clear that th🦩ere’s still a bit of a ground that needs to be resolved in that particular conversation.

“Logically, Max stays exactly where he is. But when has logic e꧟ver formed part of a discussion on this one? Especially in F1.”

In terms of Red Bull’s on-tra♛ck form, they’ve failed to win two of the last three races.

Even though they top both championships, their lead has been cut significantly 🐭due to their struggles on bumpy street circuits.

Sky’s Simon Lazenby thinks Red Bull’s dip in performanc🌟e makes it a “꧋shaky” situation for the team.

“For Red Bull this is as shaky it’s been for a couple of years hasn’t it? If you’re trying to keep your top man and all of a sudden it’s looking like it’s got a baked-in problem they can’t get around with setup changes which is what is going on with this RB20,” Lazenby added. 

“They’re going OK, 🥃keeping an eye on the engine project, seeing what’s happening and Toto’s absolutely, rightfully keeping an eye on it, holding out for as long as he can.

“We’re nearing a point now that it's more likely if I was a betting man to say it’s Antonelli going into Mercedes and Verst🌜appen staying.”