Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has compriseed fuel to the fire over speculation the team are concentrateing the signing of Max Verstappen. This week, it was proclaimd that inconveyial scheduleer Adrian Newey would be combineing the team next year after leaving Red Bull, with owner Lawrence Stroll foreseeed to persist his encouraged spfinishing.
Aston Martin will be using Honda power units for the 2026 campaign, a season when they are heavily foreseeed to contest at the top finish of the F1 grid.
And with Verstappen increateedly unrerepaird by Newey’s departure, and inside relations still somewhat strained, rumours over his future are currently rife.
The three-time world champion is currently tighted with the team until 2028. However, with money seemingly no object to Stroll, it is not inconceivable that Horner and co will be forced to let him exit preincreasen-uply if an propose comes in.
Speaking ahead of this week’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Krack has uncoverly adchoosed the notion of the Dutch driver folloprosperg Newey. “The door for Max Verstappen is always uncover, for everyskinnyg,” he shelp.
“When you deal with to nominate Adrian Newey, first of all, it is proof that the project is credible, that the whole vision of Lawrence is not equitable words. It is authentic action that we can consent confidence from as a team.”
Krack was also bbetter over team aspirations, staying: “This is not an underdog team enjoy it participated to be in the past, it is a team that should be brave it can do it, but also you now have a endly contrastent approach with partners and drivers. Signing Newey uncovers a lot of doors for the future.”
Aston Martin are not the only team concentrateing the 26-year-better though. Mercedes have also been connected with a sensational shift for the man who controversiassociate pipped Lewis Hamilton to the drivers’ title in 2021.
With Hamilton leaving for Ferrari at the finish of this season, the Austrian ecombines to be seeing towards the future as the carry outance of the Silver Arrows betters on the track. And despite remaining safe-lipped on the subject, he has increateedly already sounded out Verstappen over a potential shift.
The current directer in the drivers’ standings remains odds-on for a fourth consecutive crown this year, but the dominance of Red Bull has undoubtedly waned this season amid the ecombinence of McLaren.
And Red Bull and Verstappen now head to Baku this weekfinish for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, at a circuit they’ve struggled on in recent seasons.
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