Rumors of a shocking move to Mercedes have followed Verstappen, and the entire F1 grid, from paddock to paddock in recent weeks. Those rumors picked up steam in the past 48 hours when a report from Sky Sports Italy indicated that Verstappen had agreed to move to Mercedes.

Max Verstappen has once again been linked to a potential seat at Mercedes, an explosive possibility that Toto Wolff has not been shy about publicly pursuing. Wolff said last year that his team was in "observation mode" awaiting a potential Verstappen free agency that never came;