Max Verstappen-Aston Martin switch ‘very real’ as negotiation claim made

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The opportunity of Max Verstappen making the swap to Aston Martin in F1 2026 is “very actual” with negotiations already underway, it has been claimed.

Verstappen’s future has been the topic of intense hypothesis ever since The Each day Mail printed a hearsay that Aston Martin have launched an astronomical £1 billion bid to attempt to lure the four-time world champion away from Crimson Bull.

Aston Martin and Mercedes are each understood to need the 27-year-old Dutchman’s providers regardless of him being contracted to Crimson Bull till the tip of 2028.

The Silverstone-based outfit have signalled their intention to turn into F1 world champions within the coming years by constructing a state-of-the-art campus, together with a brand new wind tunnel, and reinforcing their technical crew with the high-profile signings of Enrico Cardille and Adrian Newey.

Capturing Newey, extensively thought to be the best automotive designer in F1 historical past, is seen as important to Aston Martin’s reported hopes of touchdown Verstappen in time for the game’s regulation overhaul in 2026.

Talking on The Race F1 podcast, revered journalist Mark Hughes believes there may be weight behind the rumours.

“Unsure concerning the price ticket, it seems like a kind of made-up newspaper headlines the place they sit round and determine how a lot it needs to be after which determine that’s what it’s,” Hughes mentioned in response to a listener query.

“The concept of Max Verstappen to Aston I feel could be very actual and if what we’re listening to on the grapevine is true, these negotiations are ongoing. So even earlier than we began listening to these rumours from throughout the paddock and never simply from individuals speculating on it from the skin, it did make excellent sense.

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“Max has been at Crimson Bull for a decade, it’s a brand new method, a brand new engine accomplice, Adrian Newey has gone. Max has received a number of world titles and mentioned that solely the primary one actually issues to him and the remainder have been a pleasant indulgence.

“So he is clearly prepared for a brand new problem simply the time that Lawrence Stroll has introduced this unbelievable array of abilities and amenities collectively and has taken Honda with whom Verstappen and has an incredible relationship already, with them.

“It is the plain subsequent step for each events I might say so sure, I might put various weight behind the rumours.”

Verstappen hasn’t dominated out Newey reunion

Final 12 months, Verstappen refused to rule out the opportunity of becoming a member of forces with Newey, who designed all of Verstappen’s championship-winning Crimson Bull automobiles, at Aston Martin sooner or later.

“I’ve different worries in the mean time that I am paying quite a lot of consideration to and I am engaged on that. That’s one thing perhaps for the longer term that I take into consideration, not now,” he mentioned when requested concerning the prospect in direction of the tip of final season.

“Adrian and I, we now have an excellent understanding. I despatched him additionally a message after the information got here out, though, in fact, I knew that it was coming. So I am pleased for him.

“It is a new problem, in fact, I at all times mentioned I’d have beloved him to remain. However at one level you may’t overturn these items. So, then you definitely’re simply excited for individuals searching for new challenges.

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“I additionally know that Lawrence (Stroll), in fact, is pushing flat out to make it a hit with Aston Martin, so it is fairly comprehensible, in fact, that he needs to have Adrian on his aspect.”

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