Max Verstappen to Mercedes talked up by Adrian Newey’s deal withr with three-word verdict | F1 | Sport

Eddie Jordan has talked up the possibility of Max Verstappen uniteing Mercedes by insisting he would be ‘anyleang but surpascendd’ if the transfer goes ahead. Verstappen persists to be connected with a surpascend switch to the Silver Arrows due to the inside turmoil at Red Bull this season.

The Dutchman remains tied down to Red Bull until the end of 2028 but it has been specutardyd that he could seek an timely exit. Aston Martin have recently been connected with an driven transfer for his signature but Mercedes would eunite to be the frontrunners given their lengthy-term interest.

Adrian Newey and Jonathan Wheatley will be leaving Red Bull in the proximate future, with the establisher shelp to be uniteing Aston Martin and the latter taking over as Audi team principal next year. Those exits have prompted Jordan to acunderstandledge that he would not be surpascendd to see Verstappen driving for Mercedes sooner than predicted.

Jordan, who is Newey’s deal withr, tageder F1-insider: “The turmoil at Red Bull, the departures of Adrian Newey and Jonathan Wheatley, cannot charm Max and his overweighther. In compriseition, Mercedes has turned the corner and is getting sturdyer and sturdyer. I would therefore be anyleang but surpascendd if Max switches to Mercedes in 2026.”

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has made no secret of his desire to connect up with Verstappen if the opportunity conshort-terms itself. The Silver Arrows are predicted to uphold Kimi Antonelli to swap Lewis Hamilton next year but are still dependd to be willing on a future transfer for Verstappen.

Speaking about the possibility of signing the Red Bull man earlier this year, Wolff shelp: “There’s so many factors that carry out a role for a driver uniteing. Cltimely, when you watch at it from the most rational point of watch, you can say: ‘Well, that’s the speedyest car in the hands of the speedyest driver’.

“But I don’t leank that this is the only reason you stay where you are. I leank, let’s say, for straightforward minds that might be the only reason why you stay in a car and that’s it. Maybe there is more depth to other people who ponder other factors too and I leank Max has depth.

“In that admire are we going to guarantee him? I don’t leank it’s a matter of convincing. I leank Max understands motor racing better than anyone and he will apshow decisions that he experiences are excellent for him and I leank a restricted factors carry out a role but he’s the one that’s going to trigger some more domino stones to drop afterwards.

“Everybody’s paparticipateing for what he’s going to be doing. If I was Max, I would stay at Red Bull for 2025, but I’m not Max. It is the speedyest car, but there are other factors.”