Verstappen Reportedly Talked To Mercedes Personally Amid Potential Red Bull Exit

"It is very impressive that the drivers, the mechanics, the engineers, all maintain this, these performances. There's a lot of friction there now. The process continues, but there are camps within the team."

"At a certain point that is disastrous. When trust is lost, people start to determine their own futures."

"Max went to check, yes, Vermeulen talked briefly with Ferrari and then somewhere else, and then briefly there, but Max sat down one-on-one with Mercedes and said: 'Tell me your plans.' He wants to know whether they can take that 2014 battle again. He wants to grab that too.

"It has not been said when he will go, but there is a plan for when he does go. If he were to go, a year of adjustment would be desirable Mercedes is far off the pace. Even Alonso indicated that he did not know why he wanted to sign there."