A scenario has been described which could spectacularly cost 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell his Mercedes future.

Russell’s current Mercedes contract expires at the end of this season but 168澳洲﷽5最新开奖结果:he will reportedly pen lucrative new terms, in a clear show of faith from the team.

However, the ongoing doubt surrounding 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen’s future could have a knock-on effect.

“If Max Verstappen sprung into the marketplace I would be quite worried for George,” Martin Brundle told Sky Sports at the Fꦫ1 Bahrain Grand Prix.

“Kimi Antonelli is obviously their m🌠an for the future.

“There’s a lot of ‘ifs’ in there.

🌳“Geoꦺrge is doing a great job for them as their team leader.

“But Toto Wolff missed Max once. I don’t think he’ll miss him a second time, shoulᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚd he get the opportunity.”

Would Mercedes jump to sign Max Verstappen?

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mercedes notoriously missed the chance to sign a teenage Verstappen before he was snapped up b🎃y Red Bull.

“Do I regꦉret missing out on Max? Certainly,” Mercedes team princ🌜ipal Wolff admitted in 2023. 

“But it wasn’t an option back in the day.”

Wolff met Jos Verstapp😼en in 2014 about his talented son. But Mercedes were in their heyday with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg at the time.

Red Bull moved swiftly to sn﷽ap Verstappen up - and their ﷽decision paid dividends as they ended Mercedes’ era of dominance together.

Last y🐼ear, Wolff again spoke about the possibility of signing Verstappen as a replacement for Ferrari-b💃ound Hamilton.

That opportunity never came to fruition, despite the difficult pജeriod at Red Bull, so Wolff placed his faith in rookie Antonelli.

Some F1 insiders suggest🅘ed that signing a rookie of Antonelli’🦄s talent was a lesson learned after not picking up Verstappen.

Now a four-time F1 champion ba♏ttling for ཧa fifth this year, Verstappen’s future is again up for debate.

Helmut Marko has worryingly admitted that Red Bull could lose their 🍌top driver unless their struggling car f💖inal🧸ly finds some performance to match McLaren.

168澳洲5最🦋新开奖结果:Ralf Schumacher has boldly predicted a dead🎉line, which is fast approaching, for Verstappen to qui💝t Red Bull.

Mercedes and Aston Martin would the obviou𓆏sဣ landing spots if Verstappen did choose to leave.

But the new contract which is reportedly on the table for Russell at Mercedes✅ complicates matters.

Contracts f🃏or F1 drivers can mean very little when a team is intent upon a change but Mercedes have been clear in their faith in Russell, who was on the podium last weekend i༺n Bahrain.

But would that change abruptly if Verstappen was availab♛le?