Ralf Schumacher has claimed now that Max was offered a ride at Merc, and that is what caused the delay with the Hamilton contract extension.
I would laugh even harder if crazier things haven't happened in Formula 1.
I find this hard to believe. I also doubt Ralf Schumacher would know if Verstappen was offered a contract or not. Anyway, Considering how good Russell is I don't think Mercedes have any fear of missing out on Verstappen.
Think that livery was just for the show. They would have removed the Toyota Gazoo Racing stickers if the intention was to use that livery for the season.
I hear Ferrari has gone down the route of a steel crankcase. Even so, they are apparently revising the design of the engine to adopt the Mercedes approach. I think there is more to it than meet the...
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