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Lauda: We never made Verstappen an offer
Mercedes F1 chairman Niki Lauda has denied that his team approached Max Verstappen at any time to join the Silver Arrows, reaffirming the team's full support for Valtteri Bottas alongside four times World Champion Lewis Hamilton. In the immediate aftermath of Nico Rosberg's sudden retirement at the end of 2016 Formula 1 season, much speculation surrounded who would get the most coveted seat on the grid for 2017. Verstappen was invariably linked with the seat as were a dozen other drivers. Paddock rumour had it that Mercedes negotiated an option for Verstappen' service in 2018 instead, then the talk was a 2019 deal. Instead, Verstappen extended with Red Bull until the end of 2020, with the...
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