by This weekend George Russell will go to his British Grand Prix, which is haunted by rumors, and unconfirmed reports that the violent rival and four -time world champion Max Verstappen accepted an offer next year.
When Formula 1 returned to the race track 75 years ago, which organized his first world championship race, the 27-year-old Briton can be caught on the horns of an extraordinary dilemma when he is looking for a fifth career victory to secure his seat and his future with Mercedes.
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If he wins and overtakes in the title race of the drivers, he allows the Dutch, also 27, to trigger an exit clause in his Red Bull contract, which should run by 2028.
It is generally assumed that Verstappen is not among the top three of the championship at the end of July – with a realistic chance of claiming a fifth crown, he can seal a move to another place, which is an impetus on Wednesday by saying that he has already said about Mercede’s boss Toto Wolff.
Before the race on Sunday, Verstappen is the third with 155 points and Russell fourth at 146.
According to Sky Sport Italia, Verstappen and Wolff held “concrete negotiations”, which meant that the Dutch gave his approval. No details were given and the story was not confirmed.
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However, as an experienced British commentator and former F1 driver Martin Brundle, a close confidante of Russell, suggested: “There is no smoke without a fire.”
He added that Russell was “nervous and rang a bit”. “Something is going on,” Brundle told Sky Sports F1.
– ‘sadistic’ – –
Russell is certainly a widespread sympathy and support of a large amount of Silverstone-500,000 are expected in the four days, the Lando Norris of McLaren and the seven-time champion of Lewis Hamilton will be backed by Ferrari, and hopes that one of them triumphs to ignite celebrations.
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The end of a violent heat wave can help Mercedes and Russell, who fight at high temperatures to find the shape that brought him to victory in Canada, but he knows that this may not be sufficient to convince Wolff if Verstappen finds an exit from his contract.
Wolff was together in Austria last weekend. “You have to be respectful for the stakeholders in this process -the organization, the driver … everyone. They have to understand the way forward,” he said.
“I don’t want to be sadistic to have a driver waiting or not to make any decisions if it should be made.”
For Russell, if he is not offered a new contract with the silver arrows after three years, there are only a few openings and the only position on the top level can be the successor to Verstappen at Red Bull.
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All of this will only be dominated for a weekend, which is dominated by the McLaren duo of the championship manager Oscar Piatri and Norris, which can be dominated by 10,000 fans in a grandstand that was named after him, by the McLaren duo of the championship leader in order to revise a 15-point deficit at the top.
The couple dominated the Austrian race last Sunday to record its fourth 1-2 of the year, and has been pursuing a first Silverstone victory for McLaren since Hamilton in 2008.
Norris won last Sunday, but Piatri took him home for the other three 1-2s and won five races this year.
“It’s my favorite weekend of the year,” said Norris. “My family, friends, home fans and so many teams that support us brings it to another level.”
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Hamilton, who is driving a Ferrari at home for the first time, will also hope to arouse the emotions, while the Italian team wants to build an improved soil last weekend.
After claiming a breathtaking record home win last year, he will hope for at least his first podium of the season in fourth place behind team-mate Charles Leclerc and the two McLarens in Austria.
Last year his victory broke a run of 52 races without victory and was one of the best known of his record of 105.
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