The world has changed a lot since the last round of the 2021 World Championship. Accusations, cries of cheating, threats of lawsuits, and now the red carpet and courtship of Max Verstappen.
But the outrage started long before that, with the Silverstone crash that everyone remembers, and the renegade crash of Verstappen's G. While the Wolffs celebrated their victory. And then the ever-loyal Lewis Hamilton abandoned Mercedes like a healthy man abandons a plague baton, and everything changed.
"We have a great opportunity. A few months ago it would have been absolutely unbelievable that such an option was even on the table... But now we are looking for Lewis' successor and we are focusing on a very small number of drivers, and among them there is someone we are particularly keen on. Max Verstappen, who we know will not rush into a decision. What's done is done. We have always respected each other, we have similar values and perceptions. And looking back on the ominous year of 2021, I can say that I made mistakes too. I should have done many things differently, not only in the last round of the last race, but long before. But since then Max, Jos and I have discussed and sorted it out between us," mused Toto Wolff. This story smells a bit like sunflower seeds...
