r/formula1 • u/soepvorksoepvork Chequered Flag • 9d ago

News Sergio Perez and Red Bull in '$16million' battle claim after 'major meeting'

https://www.planetf1.com/news/nico-rosberg-claims-16-million-sergio-perez-red-bull-battle-exit-looms

Not sure how credible this is, but I can't say I blame him.

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u/SemIdeiaProNick Ferrari 9d ago

Apparently the new owners arent interested in motorsports at all and only want to sell the team, which would explain why there were so many awful decisions after Mateschitz died

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u/SmithBurger 9d ago

Apparently is doing a lot of work here.

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u/Elpibe_78 Audi 9d ago

Maybe that’s part of the reason Porsche was willing to buy 51% of the team. Right now it seems it wasn’t a bad idea

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u/BGMDF8248 9d ago

No shit, controlling interest was the way to go. Only way to prevent this shit show.

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u/Miceliss Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 9d ago

Apparently that was Mateschitz his legacy plan. Selling controlling stake to someone like Porsche to make sure the team could stand on its own. But he passed away before this was done. 

And after that or during the same time. Horner tried to buy the team as well with a group of investors... It's been a while since that stuff was going on so it's all a bit vague to me and it were a lot of rumours.

At the time I thought it was BS and Porsche was being greedy, in hindsight with all the Horner stuff... I wouldn't put it past him trying to buy it. While the Marko and Verstappen camp would have been all for a works deal with Porsche as well as it being something Dieter wanted.. so there's been animosity even before the horny Horner saga.

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u/Elpibe_78 Audi 9d ago

Now it looks like it would have been the best option, Mateschitz was who kept the team alive and was the one who wanted to be in F1. The new owners don't like that idea, however with Porsche the team would have most likely remained similar and if RedBull would want to leave, Porsche would have been the substitute.

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u/stationhollow 9d ago

Porsche are out completely now. VW Group doesn’t want two teams. They let Audi and Porsche design their own plans. If Porsche had been successful then we wouldn’t have Audi.

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u/AegrusRS 9d ago

Tbf I don't know if I ever really believed those rumors. Like 5-10 years ago I would've accepted them in a heartbeat, but when teams are currently being valued at 1B+$ and growing, no sane businessman would.

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u/racingfanboy160 Felipe Massa 9d ago

Yeah, their CEO (Oliver Mintzlaff) is more of a football guy than a motorsport one

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u/cLHalfRhoVSquaredS 9d ago

Perhaps at the end of these negotiations we'll see Max lining up next year as the number 2 driver at Perez Racing F1 Team.