Jos Verstappen has claimed Ralf Schumacher is \u201cspreading misinformation\u201d over a claim regarding his son, Max.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Schumacher made a striking comment on the Backstage Boxengasse podcast in which he alleged that Verstappen had been offered an F1 contract by Mercedes.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
However, the former F1 driver claimed Verstappen turned down the offer due to its financial conditions.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cAt Mercedes, you hear that Wolff made him an offer behind the scenes,\u201d he said. \u201cBut that offer was apparently so bad financially that it\u2019s not an option anyway.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s apparently what\u2019s going on behind the scenes right now.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Verstappen has long been linked with a move to Mercedes, with team boss Toto Wolff publicly voicing his desire to work with the 28-year-old at some point in the future.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
But Schumacher’s comment has received a response from Verstappen senior, who took to social media to shut down the comment.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cRalf, you\u2019re spreading misinformation again,\u201d he wrote.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Four-time champion Verstappen has a contract in place until the end of the 2028 season.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
However, it has been widely reported that Verstappen has exit clauses in his deal, which could be triggered this year.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jos Verstappen has claimed Ralf Schumacher is \u201cspreading misinformation\u201d over a claim regarding his son, Max. Earlier this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-744440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}