Since Adrian Newey left Red Bull a Aston Martinthe rumors spoke of a future for the four-time champion Max Verstappen in the team Lawrence Stroll for when the technical regulations of the Formula 1 change and the engineer can build a winning car. In the last few hours, these speculations accelerated and there is already talk of a million-dollar and ridiculous offer to convince the Dutch driver to join for 2026.
The figure was reported by the English press and is difficult to estimate: billion pounds sterling. That amount is based on the 250 million per season in a four-year contract that Stroll would propose to the current best driver, who now has a contract until 2028 with Red Bull in exchange for 50 million pounds per year, only equaled with the one that Lewis Hamilton signed with Ferrari starting in the next World Cup.
The versions are supported, according to the newspaper Daily Mailin the report that Jefferson Slackcommercial director of Aston Martin and former representative of Michael Jordan y David Beckhamhe put together after presenting the idea of a Versappen dressed in the green jumpsuit to potential investors.
“Jefferson has been saying that Max is going to join Aston Martin. It may be a strategy, which adds extra value to the deal he wants to make, but bringing in Max also makes a lot of sense. They’ve signed Adrian Newey for £20m a year as the greatest car designer of all time, and Lawrence won’t let that be it.”slipped from Great Britain.
And they stressed that Lawrence Stroll “He has said that he wants to win the world title and will not let anything stand in his way”. “He wants to end the dominant era led by Christian Horner (at Red Bull) and Toto Wolff (at Mercedes). Adrian is believed to think that Lance Stroll is not a good enough driver and that Fernando Alonso, at 43 years old, is too old. “Adrian is determined to succeed once again and wants to work with the best.”they contributed.
However, another of the great English media such as The Sun He stated that inside the Silverstone-based team they denied that information. And a spokesperson for Aston Martin, which had already announced that it will continue with the Spanish Fernando Alonso – who will turn 45 during the 2026 season – and the owner’s son, Lance Stroll, until at least 2026, added to the specialized site Planet F1: “We categorically deny the story“.
Verstappen, for his part, said some time ago that his present is in Red Bull and he does not aspire to race for much longer in Formula 1, so he could retire from the category in 2028, when he will already be 31 years old: “It’s clearly the intention. I signed a long-term contract with the team, and in a perfect world, I will end up there“.
After four consecutive world titles in Formula 1, since that memorable one in 2021 in a battle against Lewis Hamilton until this 2024 in which without help from Sergio Perez His points were not enough for Red Bull to retain his constructors’ championship, Verstappen is preparing for a different season, one in which he will become a father.