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Lauda taunts Marko for rushing Verstappen’s Red Bull F1 deal
Mercedes’ non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has told Red Bull’s Helmut Marko that he “would have saved money” if he’d spoken to him before re-signing Max Verstappen to a long-term Formula 1 deal. Appearing together in a show on Austrian broadcaster Servus TV, Lauda said that Mercedes “never talked” to Verstappen about switching teams, and that Red Bull’s rush to re-sign the Dutchman caused it to pay more than it needed to. Red Bull swooped to sign Verstappen up to a long-term contract before Austin, amid fears that Mercedes could try to lure him away. Speculation about such a plan had been fuelled after Max’s father Jos was spotted visiting the Mercedes motorhome in Monza...
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