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 with Max Verstappen.
But the outrage had begun long before, with the Silverstone crash that everyone remembers and Verstappen's renegade G-car. While Wolff celebrated his victory with gusto. And then the eternally loyal Lewis Hamilton dropped Mercedes like a healthy person drops a plague with a mallet and everything changed.
"We are facing a great opportunity. A few months ago it would have been completely unbelievable that such an option would even be considered... 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 particularly care about. Max Verstappen, who we know will not rush his decision. What happened is what happened, it is digested and closed. We have always respected each other, we have similar values and perceptions. And when I look back on the ominous year of 2021, I can say that I also made mistakes. I should have handled a lot of things differently, not only in the last round of the last competition, but long before that. However, Max, Jose and I have discussed it and resolved it among ourselves since then," mused Toto Wolff. The story smells a bit of sunflower seeds...
