The course of history might have been changed had the budding superstar opteꦦd to join either of ♛those teams instead of the team who won his signature, Red Bull.

Red Bull enter the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 Austrian Grand Prix, their home race, on course for a second constructors’ cham𓃲pionship in a row while Verstapp🦂en is set for a third consecutive drivers’ title.

Max’s father Jos Ve🌸rstappen, himself a former F1 driver, has told a back-story of when they visited Toto Wolff🐬 for secret negotiations in 2014.

“We went to his house in Vienna, we had a serious discussion,”🎃 Jos told .

“But I don’t think Toto had followed him much in karting and really💞 knew how special Max was, otherwise he would have signed him blindfolded, even if Mercedes didn’t have a junior programme.”

The Verstappen and Wolff meeting came to nothing.

Shortly after, the teenager met Helmജut Marko of Red Bull.

“We met [ꦫHelmut] in 2014 in Hockenheim,” Verstappen’s father said.

“We 🍬got into the Red Bul♐l motorhome and joined the table. 

“Helmut said, ‘I only have twenty minutes’. Next year I want to put Max on a ♊Toro Rosso in F1′.

“The deal was done.”

Sure enough, Verstappen landed the 2015 🀅Toro Rosso drive.

During his first-ever F1 sea♔son, as a 17 yeಌar old, Verstappen received interest from Ferrari.

The famous Italian team had Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen but, ♈according to Verstappen’s dad, were sounding out replacements for Raikkonen.

“Not with the currentꩲ management,” Verstappen’💧s dad explained.

“They looked for us after the first year in F1.

“Now Max has everything at Red Bull, a competitive car and team, it wouldn’t make 🍎sense to change.

“However, wherever he 🐈goes in the future he would make a diffe💛rence if surrounded by the right people.”

Raikkone🐎n remained at Ferrari for 2016. Verstappen started that year with Toro Roꦆsso but, by March, was called up to Red Bull.

The rest is history.