Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has dismissed suggestions the Silver Arrows considered Max Verstappen as a potential replacement for Lewis Hamilton.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has insisted that there was “never a plan” to sign Max Verstappen as Lewis Hamilton’s successor for the F1 2025 season. And he claims that Verstappen informed him last year of his decision to stay at Red Bull for the foreseeable future as it feels “right for him.

Toto Wolff has revealed that there was ‘never a plan’ to bring Max Verstappen into Mercedes for the 2025 season, but admitted that the two parties ‘always talked’ during Red Bull ’s period of internal turmoil in 2024.

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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff claimed he had never planned to sign Max Verstappen despite his public flirting with the four-time F1 world champion. Wolff courted Verstappen throughout 2024 as he looked for a possible Lewis Hamilton replacement.

Toto Wolff’s interest in Max Verstappen is no secret. Last year, the Mercedes team boss openly expressed his desire to have the Dutchman join his team. However, in an interview with Auto, Motor und Sport,