Aston Martin would be willing to pay as much as a billion pounds for Max Verstappen, rumour has it. If the story is true, Guenther Steiner – Haas F1’s former team principal – wonders aloud whether the reigning world champion would be wise to switch to the ambitious team.
For days, the media were full of rumours about Aston Martin’s possible offer, after a report that was published Daily Mail. Steiner first of all doubts that so much money would actually be offered for a driver. “A billion is a big number. Even if Max finishes last, he should go for a billion,” the Italian began to GPblog.
He then continued: “Some of them (teams) cannot afford him, obviously, Aston Martin can afford him. The Billion. It’s a little bit putting it high because, that would set the record, which will never be broken again. That’s a bit fictional, but I’m sure Aston Martin will pay a good amount of money for it.”