168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen has revealed he held “🌳ve🍷ry constructive conversations” with Mercedes about potentially joining the team.

The four-time F1 world champion was Mercedes’ number one driver target following 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton’s shock announcement in February that he would make the switch to Ferrari for 2🍌025.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff publicly courted Verstappen for several months during a turbulen🅘t start to the season for Red Bull, before eventually giving up on attempts to lure the 27-year-old Dutchman aw💛ay from Red Bull.

Wolff instead opted to promote Mercedes’ teenage prodigy Andrea Kimi Antonelli alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell for next season and dow🌳nplayed talk of trying to sign Verstappe🌞n in the foreseeable future.

Speaking to Dutch broadcaster Viaplay, Verstappen she😼d light on the talks he had with Mercedes when he was considering his F1 future.

“The big teams are always interesting, but on the other hand, I’m also in a very big team. I’ve achieved a lot of suc❀cess with them. It also just feels like a second family,” Verstappen admitted.

"Look, of course we always talk to each other. And I don’t lie about the fact that we’ve sat together. We had very constructive co🌳nversations, I think everyone has always been very honest and open with each other.

"But on the other hand, I am also very loyal to my own team, and I just feel at ho𒊎me there. So, th൩en there is actually not much to achieve at the moment. I am still very young, so a lot can still happen in the future."

Verstappen has ‘nothing to complain about’

Verstappen, who is contracted to Red Bull until the end of 2028, reiterated that he is “very happy” at the Milton Keynes out🅘fit and has no desire to leave.

That is despite the scandal surrounding Red Bull team principal Christian Horner at the st🍷art of the year causing friction between Horner and Verstappen’s father, Jos, and a ꦦhost of key departures including legendary designer Adrian Newey and sporting director Jonathan Wheatley.

"If you look at Formula 1, it doesn’t happen very often that someone gets out of their contract,” he added. “It’s not like in football, where you sign for five years and leave a year later. And that’s not really the inte🌳ntion.

"You never know what can happen next year or in two years, but you can’t control that either𓆉, so I don’t really think about it that 𝔉much. Look, I’m very happy with where I am. We’ve won another championship.

“Of course, improvements need to be made with the car, but I th☂ink that’s very logical. So, I feel good with the team, I can be myse🥀lf.

“Everyone is also working flat out to alw𓆉ays give me the best material. In that respect,ꦯ I have nothing to complain about.”