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GravyMonster said:
Anyone seen the rumour that Aston Martin are trying to lure Max away from Red Bull for 2027 with a $1bn pay check :cry:
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The Daily Mail, oh please!

According to the Daily Mail, Aston Martin’s managing director of commercial and marketing Jefferson Slack has been wooing potential sponsors by claiming four-time F1 champ Verstappen is set to join the team.
The report claims Slack is ‘going around’ telling sponsors that ‘Max is going to be joining Aston Martin’ in a deal worth ‘£1billion’. That would make it the biggest in Formula 1, even bigger than Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari.
Aston Martin strenuously denied the report, telling PlanetF1.com: “An Aston Martin Aramco spokesperson categorically denied the story.”
 
reef said:
There were rumours that Doohan is only on a contract for 6-8 races. Either way it sounds like he's doomed before he's even started the season. Colapinto comes with quite a lot of sponsorship aswell.

He'll have to hit the ground running to stand any chance. Unfortunately for him, with limited testing it looks unlikely.
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That came after Alpine executive director Flavio Briatore sidestepped a question from Le Parisien about whether Doohan is guaranteed a full season in the A525.
“The only thing we can be sure of is death!” he said. “We’ll start the year with Pierre and Jack, I can guarantee that. After that, we’ll see as the season progresses.

Source: PlanetF1
 
weta said:
The Daily Mail, oh please!

According to the Daily Mail, Aston Martin’s managing director of commercial and marketing Jefferson Slack has been wooing potential sponsors by claiming four-time F1 champ Verstappen is set to join the team.
The report claims Slack is ‘going around’ telling sponsors that ‘Max is going to be joining Aston Martin’ in a deal worth ‘£1billion’. That would make it the biggest in Formula 1, even bigger than Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari.
Aston Martin strenuously denied the report, telling PlanetF1.com: “An Aston Martin Aramco spokesperson categorically denied the story.”
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I have never been so insulted! :)

I actually saw it on The Race's YT channel:

But yeah, there's no substance to it, although I would believe a marketing type to spin that lie.
 
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GravyMonster said:
I have never been so insulted! :)

I actually saw it on The Race's YT channel:

But yeah, there's no substance to it, although I would believe a marketing type to spin that lie.
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There's so much nonsense circulating around the internet nowadays written by people who do little to no research, or worse just make **** up.
 
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