Max Verstappen arriving at Mercedes would give Toto Wolff a "headache", it has been claimed.
That is the view of BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson, who says that while a switch from Red Bull to Mercedes for Verstappen is “extremely unlikely to happen for 2025”, he argues it is"a definite possibility for 2026”.and their highly-rated Formula 2 protege Andrea Kimi Antonelli for the other seat alongside the Dutchman.Q&A
“For example, the margins between him and Lewis Hamilton in qualifying have been vanishingly small in their three seasons together. They were separated by 100ths of a second on average in both 2022 and 2023, with Russell ahead one year and Hamilton the other. "If Mercedes do secure Verstappen for 2026, that means 2025 would be effectively a head-to-head between Russell and Antonelli if the Italian is promoted, which is not yet a given.
BBC Sport also report that Verstappen, whose Red Bull deal runs until 2028, “has a contractual mechanism by which he can leave whenever he wishes”.
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