The world has changed a lot since the final round of the 2021 World Championship. Accusations, cries of cheating, threats of litigation, and now a red carpet and courtship with Max Verstappen.
But the outrage began long before that, with the Silverstone accident everyone remembers, and Verstappen's renegade crash. While the Wolffs celebrated their victory in style. And then the ever-loyal Lewis Hamilton dropped Mercedes like a sane man drops a plague-ridden baguette, and everything changed.
"We are facing a great opportunity. A few months ago, it would have been absolutely incredible for such an option to even be considered... But now we are looking for Lewis's successor and are focusing on a very small number of drivers, and among them, there is someone we particularly care about: Max Verstappen, who we know will not rush into his decision. What's done is done, digested, and closed. We have always respected each other, we have similar values and perceptions. And looking back at the grim year of 2021, I can say that I too made mistakes. I should have handled many things differently, not just in the last lap of the last competition, but long before. However, Max, Jos, and I discussed and sorted this out among ourselves," said Toto Wolff. This story smells a bit like sunflowers...
