MAX VERSTAPPEN is closing in on a deal to join Mercedes, according to one former Formula One icon. Verstappen, 26, has been linked with an exit from Red Bull amid the controversy surrounding team principal Christian Horner. FEB 9: Horner is quizzed for nine hours by the lawyer hired by Red Bull to investigate. MAR 2: Horner and wife Geri are pictured hand-in-hand, as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen wins the Bahrain Grand Prix. MAR 3: Verstappen’s dad Jos, claims Red Bull is in “danger of being torn apart” if Horner stays in the job. MAR 15: Horner’s accuser allegedly launches an appeal against the investigation that saw the Red Bull chief cleared. MAR 16: The female employee lodges a complaint against Horner with the FIA.

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