Max Verstappen has been pictured onboard Toto Wolff\u2019s yacht as both are holidaying off the coast of Sardinia.<\/p>\n
With F1 currently on holiday as the mandatory two-week summer break has begun, Max Verstappen has set tongues wagging after being pictured aboard Toto Wolff\u2019s yacht.<\/p>\n
Max Verstappen visits Toto Wolff\u2019s yacht<\/p>\n
As first shared by Italian publication\u00a0AutoSprint, images of Max Verstappen and Toto Wolff together onboard the Austrian\u2019s yacht have spread across social media on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Unlike recent images of Wolff and Verstappen together on another recent break in the F1 calendar, PlanetF1.com understands that the most recent images are authentic and that Verstappen did visit Wolff\u2019s yacht while both men are holidaying in Sardinia.<\/p>\n
Verstappen and Wolff are not the only F1 figures on holiday on the Italian island, with Charles Leclerc also in the vicinity, as has been evidenced by his willingness to pose in fan photos.<\/p>\n
Sources close to the situation have indicated that the circulating images, as can be viewed below as on AutoSprint\u2019s own social media post, are completely authentic, despite what looks like image artefacts suggesting the use of AI.<\/p>\n
The two men are known to have a good relationship, with both on holiday with their families, suggesting Verstappen\u2019s visit to Wolff\u2019s yacht, the Mangusta, is purely social, rather than being work-related.<\/p>\n
The meeting together comes just weeks after a similar holiday during the three-week gap after the British Grand Prix, during which time fake images circulated across social media.<\/p>\n
In Belgium, the first race afterward, Verstappen scoffed at the speculation that he and Wolff had met together to discuss a Mercedes<\/a> team switch for the Dutch driver.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, I was swimming in the ocean at the time,\u201d the 27-year-old told the media, including PlanetF1.com.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t really care about those things,\u201d he went on to say about the rumours.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause I went on holiday with my friends, my family, and when other people are also there at the same time, that can happen. I mean, there are more people on the island than just me and Toto and the family.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you go to the same island, that can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n F1 team principals: Toto Wolff the longest-serving boss after Christian Horner sack<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0F1 team principals: How long has each team boss been in charge?<\/a><\/p>\n