168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen has reacted to interest in 💯acquiring his services from Mercedes.

The internal goings-on at Red Bull this year c🌠reated the unlik♐ely scenario that they could lose their star man, potentially even to their main rivals.

Mercedes must find a replacement for Lewis🌊 Hamilton, who will join Ferrari next year.

And the entire driver market hinges on Verstappen making the final call over his f🐟uture.

His contract, which runs to 2028, does🎃 include quit clauses but Verstappen insists he will stay p𝓀ut.

Asked about Toto Wolff’s pu⭕blic declarations of wan🀅ting him, Verstappen told : “He can't do anything else.

“I understand why he🌞 does it. You can't ignore me.

“In the past, even before Red Bull, we had dis💧cussions with Mercedes.

“Then they said: you have to do t𒐪his and thaꦺt to become successful.

“I think I have now shown how it should be done.

“They want me in that car, I understand that.”

The idea of Verstappen moving to Mercedes is particularl🎉y shocking due to the controversial nature of his first F1 title, at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and the fallout ⛄surrounding it.

“Look: a few years ago there was of course a little more▨ tension between us and Mercedes,” Verstappen said.

He joked: “I woওuld like t🎐o say a little more, yes, haha.

“But that can all be forgiven and forgotten. That's true on both sid⭕es.

“But 🧸that doesn't mean I think I should be driving somewhere else right now.

“In addition, Mercedes does not have the fastest car at the moment. That rea✅lly is the Red Bull.♑”

Mercedes boss Wolff has claimed Verstappen is top of his wish-list to replace 🅺Hamilton.

“Yes, I mean, you see what his 🐼performance le﷽vels are,” he said.

“But I w🅘ouldn’t want to discount the other ones too.

“It’s the kind of relationship that needs to happen at a⛦ certain stagౠe. But we don’t know when.”

Verstappen led teammate Sergio Perez home for a ൩1-2 finish at the F1 Jap𝓰anese Grand Prix.

It is the third fi🍸nish, in🦂 the same order, for the Red Bull duo in four grands prix this season.