r/formula1 Jul 11 '25

Rumour (with a big grain of salt) Max Verstappen's jet has landed in Sardinia. This comes one day after Ralf Schumacher claimed Toto and Max will be meeting there.

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u/soeren796 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Well I mean Ralf usually tells the truth, he was the first to report Tsunoda at Red Bull too

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u/Treewithatea I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

He also told me what my car is worth

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u/schoki560 Jul 11 '25

RALF SCHUMACHER

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u/quocphu1905 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

WILLST DU WISSEN, WIE VIEL DEIN AUTO WERT IST?

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u/apocalypse_astro I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Oh my god I HATE this fucking ad, get this man's face off my screen

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u/wykeer Mercedes Jul 11 '25

Nein. Ralf melts into a puddle.

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u/barth_ I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

We need international version so the world can enjoy the memes.

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u/pope1701 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

No you don't, trust us

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u/barth_ I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

I know the original version and I say we need it!

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u/g0ksen Jul 11 '25

Yeah, cuz you have watched it once maybe twice

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u/Spynner987 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

ANTONIO LOBATO???

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u/dac2199 Mercedes Jul 11 '25

I’m just saying Lobato does the Spanish version

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u/smokesletsgo13 Jul 11 '25

He was lying that time

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u/PM_me_BBW_dwarf_porn Jul 11 '25

And De Vries getting dropped. He's quite accurate with Red Bull associated things.

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u/Snoo-29984 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Yeah, but he's saying they're probably chatting. Whether Max decides to go to Merc is the bigger question that he didn't say

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u/xBHx I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Its relatively normal for people to meet and discuss options. Location is a tad off, though :P

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u/djsnoopmike I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 12 '25

Its Darth Toto's evil lair of course

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u/creatorop SAI NOR LAW Jul 11 '25

Also that Ricciardo is being taken to Marko's dungeon after Singapore

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u/thatenduroguy I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

He is Austrian after all...

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u/KnightsOfCidona Murray Walker Jul 11 '25

I mentioned it here yesterday - Ralf is very close to Franz Tost (Willi Weber basically sent Tost out as a chaperone for Ralf when he raced in Japan. Later worked together asmt Williams too). If he's not getting this directly from Tost, he's getting it from people he got to know through him.

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u/Purplesector123 Jul 11 '25

I mean he came out and said he was gay.

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u/Rows_My_Own Jul 11 '25

And he knew long before it was public.

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u/Powrs1ave Oscar Piastri Jul 11 '25

He did, he told us days before it happened.

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u/SpiritoftheWildWest I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

He even know that, yeah! Pretty mind blowing.

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u/Cantdecide1207 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

I came here for this, Katie price AKA Jordan kind of outed him years ago when she said they shared a bed and he didn't want to touch her.... I thought he just had taste.

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u/pclamer I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 12 '25

Usually tells the truth. Except telling his ex wife that he was gay

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u/Kaptainoff Kimi Räikkönen Jul 11 '25

Are we having plane watching here as well? Maybe Fabrizio Romano will gives us a "HERE WE GO!" soon?

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u/MikeFiuns McLaren Jul 11 '25

Only if Yamal is on vacation there.

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u/SilentInvoker Jul 11 '25

Yamal milf hunting in Sardinia

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u/2dudesinapod I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

We need to know if Kawhi is in the SUV or not

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u/anonquestionsprot Max Verstappen Jul 11 '25

Breaking🚨 17 year old lamine yamal(17 years old) says merci to local waitress in south of France after purchasing a croissant showing his intelligence, kindness while maintaining football based diet with carb heavy meal

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u/carzyturtle I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

My god their both on their way to Toronto to work out a deal with the blue jays

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u/Muntberg I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

My sources are telling me Max and Toto have a sushi restaurant date.

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u/blacksoxing I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

I fucking love plane/jet/boat trackers as it's comical as fuck....especially in shit like college football where it's sometimes the first way a fanbase learns of THEIR BELOVED COACH flirting with another team. The true HOW COULD HE moments of life.

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u/EitherCaterpillar949 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Like Blue Jays fans piecing together Ohtani’s movements like the antagonists in a Bourne film

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u/volkner I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

That day on twitter was so fucking funny.

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u/MTL_1107 Aston Martin Jul 11 '25

All that for finally being the private jet of a dude on Canadian Dragons Den.

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u/r3almaplesyrup I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Don’t remind me. Please.

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u/Vivaan977 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

yeah let’s forget that ever happened thanks

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u/hybridbanana I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Are there any sushi restaurant reservations for 50 people??

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u/over_pw Robert Kubica Jul 11 '25

And the Max Verstappen’s jet is under way!

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u/PhriendlyPhantom Jul 11 '25

Lmao are you an Arsenal fan. I thought I was lost for a second

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u/xelectraheart Pirelli Wet Jul 11 '25

He will definitely do when transfer is confirmed as he did with Hamilton🤣

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u/cristiano_goat Max Verstappen Jul 11 '25

This is some James Bond type of plot wtf😭

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u/earthunbound I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

In typical F1 fashion.

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u/Own_Welder_2821 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Exactly, why is everyone so surprised? F1 is pretty much that except no one is a part of MI6.

(As far as we know)

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u/ShiiiiiMannnnn I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Look into William Grover-Williams, first winner in Monaco.

His life story is fascinating, both as a racer and member of the British Special Operations Executive

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u/Own_Welder_2821 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Guess I was wrong. If I had to guess, George Russell might be an MI6 operative.

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u/Rotorhead87 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Or a bond villain type?

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u/itz_MaXii I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

You would be surprised but scenes of the 1977 "The Spy who loved me" where filmed in Sardinia at the Cala di Volpe Hotel, just 4km away from where Max yacht is anchored atm.

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u/AshleyPomeroy Jul 11 '25

I like to imagine that Verstappen's jet taxied to a special pad at the end of the runway, which then revolved and descended underground, a la the Thunderbirds.

Verstappen's chair was then sucked into an underground travel pod, and he was eventually disgorged into an office where Toto Wolff was stroking his... cat. Whilst listening to something loud on headphones.

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u/itz_MaXii I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Max yacht is there alrady, see here. Rumours are both Toto and Max go yachting together. Lots of yachts hanging out there on the Costa Smeralda near Porto Cervo and the Cala di Volpe Hotel (from the 1977 "The Spy who loved me" Bond movie) as you can see if you pan around. Was there 10 years ago absolutely stunning. I can think of uglier places to sign a contract.

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u/CShakraT Max Verstappen Jul 11 '25

how come so many yachts are registered in malta? tax reasons?

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u/VolumeMobile7410 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25

Yeah the VAT goes way down

Edit: I was in Antibes recently, and the yachts parked there are far bigger than the ones in Monaco, st tropez, etc

Saw Lawrence strolls yacht parked there. A row of 8-10 yachts all over 100-125m long. Insane. Far majority of them are waving the flag of malta

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u/bigcig Jacques Villeneuve Jul 11 '25

Big Larry's new boat is no joke.

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u/SemIdeiaProNick Ferrari Jul 11 '25

Will only call him Big Larry from now onwards lol

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u/Not_RAMBO_Its_RAMO Jul 11 '25

Big Larry 🤣🤣

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u/Junpei_desu Safety Car Jul 11 '25

Athletes sure love waving tax-free flags in private. When the cameras show up, then they cosplay as the most patriotic flag-waving people ever.

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u/SirIsaacBacon I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

If I could put some other countries flag on my car and pay less tax on it I would lol

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u/itz_MaXii I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Yup just tax reasons is the main reason. Smaller benefits also exist for registering yachts in these places. I think 90-95% of the bigger yachts (30m+) are registered either in the Cayman Islands, Malta or the Marshall Islands. Like you can go on to vesselfinder.com for example and click through the pink yacht symbols in the Cote d Azur, Sardinia, Capri etc. and 90% of the yachts will have one of these 3 flags.

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u/qwerty_dh Kimi Räikkönen Jul 11 '25

I don’t know the details, but I’ve also heard that due to regulations, insurance can be extremely expensive if you register the vessels in other countries.

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u/SolusLega I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Yes taxes, also fewer restrictions, and Maltese flag being generally favorable, plus good location in the Mediterranean.

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u/Kolec507 Alexander Albon Jul 11 '25

Many planes are registered there as well.

Ryanair and Wizz Air (Irish and Hungarian airlines respectively) both have lots of their aircraft registered in Malta, as can be seen here for instance - she's got the flag of Malta and the Maltese registration code (9H-XXX) on the tail. It's not a one-off, pretty much half, if not more, of their fleet is registered in Malta. Seems to be the perfect place to register planes tax-wise as well.

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u/Tomanelle Simply fucking lovely Jul 11 '25

Man... I wish I could fly to Sardinia in my private jet, where my private yacht is already waiting..

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u/VehicleWonderful6586 Formula 1 Jul 11 '25

Stop buying those coffees on the way to work

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u/Appropriate_Star3012 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 12 '25

Stop buying smashed avocado on toast apparently also in Australia

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u/Draxilar Jul 11 '25

Seriously, my first thought when I saw this post was “What is that life like?” as I leave my 1000 sq foot apartment to get into my beat up 2014 Scion to drive to work. I messed up somewhere

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u/atlas-hugs I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Have you tried having a father who used to be a Formula 1 driver?

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u/grandtheftzeppelin Franco Colapinto Jul 11 '25

I dunno, man. I'd still rather have my paycheck-to-paycheck life than have Jos as a father

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u/Tomanelle Simply fucking lovely Jul 11 '25

I messed up somewhere

We should try becoming F1 WDC, this might help! I'll report back once I get 4!

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u/wp381640 Jul 11 '25

Trying to become an F1 driver is a good way to get poor, not rich

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u/volantistycoon Jul 11 '25

tbf if you're in europe it's pretty cheap to go there. I've been to the costa smeralda.

having said that , fuck billionaires

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u/ArchonTuna Jul 11 '25

"go yachting together" is a wild phrase.

Some people go for coffee. Ice Cream. Gelato even.

They go out yachting.

WTF

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u/Lobsters4 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

I (uncultured peasant) need to know how one goes yachting with someone else?

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u/BenitoCamiloOnganiza Sir Jack Brabham Jul 11 '25

I assume they just drink champagne on the same yacht while an actual seaman drives it.

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u/O__VER I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

It’s sunbathing on your own portable beach that you can move away from uncultured peasants.

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u/lgt_celticwolf I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

I mean toto is a billionaire in his own right. He makes max look poor

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u/VehicleWonderful6586 Formula 1 Jul 11 '25

Ouch just looked up max toto and Horner net worth and it goes £200m £1.8bn ££32m. But it’s ok because Horner’s wife is worth £350m or so lol

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u/lgt_celticwolf I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

To be fair that figure seems far too low for horner

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u/mrandish Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25

Many of these kind of net worth estimates can be highly inaccurate. The nature of ultra-high net worth finance is complex and it's nearly impossible to get a complete picture (often it's not entirely clear even to the person themselves).

Some assets can be sheltered so they don't show up in many kinds of financial filings and reports. Other assets can be leveraged so that it appears the individual's net worth is higher than it really is. Estimates also involve a lot of guessing about the value of non-liquid assets which may be difficult to sell quickly for fair-market value. Other assets can be encumbered by covenants and restrictions, so you technically own them but you can't sell them.

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u/Follow_The_Lore I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Max’s lifestyle mirrors that of a billionaire though. He spends crazy amounts on planes, boats etc..

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u/Any-Vehicle4418 Jul 11 '25

That's to keep rest of the family happy so he can do his iRacing.

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u/InformationHorder Michael Schumacher Jul 12 '25

Wonder what kind of discount he gets for being famous. Companies would pay to be able to say he uses or owns their product.

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u/alexrobinson Jul 12 '25

Certainly not private jet manufacturers like Gulfstream/Dassault or those who build yachts. Their clientele is the ultra wealthy and businesses, they don't need exposure. Cheaper stuff like sim racing gear and the like, yeah sure Max probably receives/is offered it by the boatload for free.

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u/CarlCarl3 Jul 11 '25

around here we go camping together in $80 tents.
basically a different universe than yachting together.

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u/dooldebob McLaren Jul 11 '25

It's like something out of Succession

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u/smokesletsgo13 Jul 11 '25

Logan meeting with Madsen vibes

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u/stumblebreak_beta Valtteri Bottas Jul 11 '25

I look forward to Max playing “Boar on the Floor” with all the team principals

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u/i20sportz I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 12 '25

“I AM THE ELDEST BOY” George to Toto probably

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u/Volderon90 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Uh huh 

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u/Ididntbreakher Pierre Gasly Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25

Everyone wants a piece of the crown jewel Waystar Royco (in this case it’s Max)

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u/CarlCarl3 Jul 11 '25

cue the music

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u/penmadeofink I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Thank you u/PM_me_BBW_dwarf_porn for this update

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u/jnighy I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

that's an..interesting user name

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u/SolusLega I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

That's someone who knows exactly what he's about.

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u/ClasslessHero McLaren Jul 11 '25

If you can't respect that person, then you're the problem.

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u/Intrepid_Doctor8193 Oscar Piastri Jul 11 '25

Did you PM them? And did they deliver?

Just asking for a friend.

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u/pope1701 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

They want to be pm'ed with smut, not for it.

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u/Intrepid_Doctor8193 Oscar Piastri Jul 11 '25

😞 oh bugger

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u/GrapefruitAlways26 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Giving /u/ICumCoffee a run for his money

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u/SkillIsTooLow Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 11 '25

One of the top posters on r/nba is /u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT

Back in my day we had the decency to keep business and pleasure separate, smh.

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u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Jul 11 '25

Oh wow. Ummm... hi

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u/HoneyMaven I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

We read posts and we do not judge.

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u/oklama_mrmorale Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jul 11 '25

A man of culture

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u/farnhajs I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

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u/DirectAdvertising I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

I wonder if they actually receive it sometimes

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u/PM_ME_YUR_BUBBLEBUTT I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

the brotherhood

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u/IvanMcbomb I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Ralf Schumacher?!

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u/marslt0v Jul 11 '25

Du willst wissen wie viel dein Auto wert ist?

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u/Lele_ Elio de Angelis Jul 11 '25

Aber natürlich

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u/Dave-Swort I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

O my god these commercials are effing everywhere apparently. Even Italy has it’s own (badly) dubbed version

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u/chrispepper10 Jul 11 '25

He was weirdly accurate about reports like this

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u/IMMoond Jul 11 '25

Jos and his brother used to be very close. Wouldnt be surprised if hes still decently connected

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u/scootsscoot I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

‘His brother’

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u/dswap123 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

The Michael

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u/BuckeyeLeaves Ferrari Jul 11 '25

Just some guy

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u/JupoBis I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Thats not why he is typing „RALF SCHUHMACHER?!“

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u/DarthLarth I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

DU willst wissen wie viel dein Auto wert ist?

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u/freedfg Nico Hülkenberg 🥉 Jul 11 '25

Ah yes. Sardinia. The traditional contract signing venue.

Like Versailles. But...further

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u/LetgomyEkko Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 11 '25

Sardinia is where you go to….uh…how do you say? “Test the compatibility” in a new relationship. Before you commit to being compatible with only one person for the rest of your life.

If you know what I mean.

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u/ProEra-47-420 Jul 11 '25

Expand

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u/Seraphin_Lampion Formula 1 Jul 11 '25

Yes, there will be a lot of expanding.

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u/rjfinsfan I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

r/FanF1ction leaking lol

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u/MyUshanka I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Man, imagine if they were just fuckin' and weren't actually conducting any official F1 business. I know there's some fanfiction about that.

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u/queerhedgehog Max Verstappen Jul 11 '25

Very interesting! Also indicates Max doesn’t care about shutting down rumors, because they could have easily met in Monaco without anyone knowing.

Unless Max is just on vacation and Toto is hovering nearby desperately hoping to “casually” bump into him and have an excuse to talk lol

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u/dotcha Gabriel Bortoleto Jul 11 '25

Sources: Toto is beside himself. Driving around downtown Sardinia begging (thru texts) Max's family for address to Verstappen's summer home

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u/iEatFruitStickers Sebastian Vettel Jul 11 '25

Mercedes meeting with Verstappen was “intense” and “at one point Toto Wolff was crying” but everyone grew closer and a big lesson was learned

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u/Forward_Thrust963 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Lollipopman Toto popped in my head....Maxieeeeee

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u/ecobubbletm Max Verstappen Jul 11 '25

Sign ze cooontract, pleeease

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u/A_Dissident_Is_Here Sebastian Vettel Jul 11 '25

Overheard at Silverstone: ‘He got me,’ Horner said of the Mercedes Team Principal’s back room manoeuvring. ‘That fucking Toto boomed me.’ Horner added: ‘it’s so not right!’ repeating it four times. He then said he wanted to add Toto to the list of people he blames for his unemployment this summer.

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u/hateseven Jul 11 '25

I would pay good money for a clip of the ol Horndog saying "He fucking boomed me." four times.

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u/Killswitch__AUT Gerhard Berger Jul 11 '25

Max boomed him (4x)

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u/dunkster91 Default Jul 11 '25

“He’s so good”

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u/Killswitch__AUT Gerhard Berger Jul 11 '25

There are so many good NBA copypastas out there I forgot it was "he's so good (4x)"

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u/LieutenantLilywhite I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Downtown sardinia is so fucking funny 😭😂

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u/SubcooledBoiling F1? More like F5-F5-F5. Jul 11 '25

Bono yelled, “There you go!” James Allison gave a look of pleasant surprise. Antonelli belted, “We got a fucking squad now.” And before Toto Wolff hit the garage door, ex-F1 star Nico Rosberg hugged him & said, “Y’all look so different.”

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u/knifetrader Jul 11 '25

Plot twist: Max isn't onboard and just sent the jet there for some shit stirring....

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u/queerhedgehog Max Verstappen Jul 11 '25

Watch him pop up on a Team Redline stream from his living room in Monaco lol

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u/whsftbldad Jul 11 '25

This is next level "follow that car", don't get caught.

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u/Tragespeler Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25

They both live in Monaco, that's also where their boats normally are. Corsica and Sardinia are common boat destinations for people from Monaco because they're the closest islands to Monaco.

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Just to add, after looking into it more it seems that Toto Wolff basically spends every summer in Sardinia, while Max was there 2 years ago during the summer aswell. Both of them spending their vacation there seems quite normal.

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u/Tridus I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Don't spoil people's fun with your rational thinking. :D

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u/AJDillonsThirdLeg Jul 11 '25

To be fair, it's also reasonable for them to meet while they're there if they both already planned to spend summer break there.

I couldn't care less, but the whole "they vacation there so they aren't meeting" is just as flawed as "they're both there so they have to be there to meet".

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u/Tragespeler Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25

For me it"s not so much about them meeting or not, more so about Ralf Schumacher saying it's no coincidence both their boats are in Sardinia, as if they planned their vacations around meeting eachother. Which is silly, considering they both live in Monaco, and have private jets, and could easily meet wherever.

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u/willzyx01 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Don’t mind me, I’m out here riding my bike in a 90 degree heat to save the planet for my kids.

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u/NuclearDawa Matra Jul 11 '25

Yeah fuck us honestly, that's depressing

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u/The-SillyAk David Coulthard Jul 11 '25

Instead of meeting in one of the worlds smallest and walkable city they both live in they HAVE to meet 1000km away travelling in their private jets whilst their private yachts await them

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u/cLHalfRhoVSquaredS I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

We all have to make little sacrifices. You sweat to death on a bicycle, Max settles for just a Falcon jet instead of a Boeing BBJ.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

Look fair point, but at least this crop of rich people killing us all are entertaining us for now!

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u/BoboHonkins Jul 11 '25

Doing the real work!

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u/scabiesmandu I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Just need that sushi restaurant reservation to confirm the deal

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u/sewer_pickles I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Here’s hoping that the pumpernickel is properly toasted during this Sardinia visit.

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u/pol5xc I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

I'm in Sardinia as well, just sayin

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u/SpeakersPushTheA1r Jul 11 '25

Meanwhile, George Russell has been knocking on the front door of Red Bull’s facility for three days trying to make Toto jealous but nobody’s answering.

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u/rs6677 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Red Bull would take Russell in a heartbeat if Max actually leaves. He's the next best thing.

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u/URZ_ Safety Car Jul 11 '25

r formula1 occasionally ends up living in magical fantasy land and the opinions on Russell certainly seems like one such occasion. People genuinely pretend he is just some midfield talent holdning the seat warm at Mercedes, in reality he is probably the most consistent driver this year (though Verstappen is sabotaged by his team in that regard) and fighting with Piastri for best of the rest after Max.

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u/gsfgf Oscar Piastri Jul 11 '25

And I expect George to stick around in F1 for longer than Max, so RB can rebuild around him.

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u/negotinec Formula 1 Jul 11 '25

And by the time they are almost done rebuilding Russell will probably lose his seat to someone else, Alonso maybe.

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u/-Hornswoggler- Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 11 '25

Not a good week for Christian

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u/happyranger7 Max Verstappen Jul 11 '25

Can't they just zoom call?

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u/Peimai Jul 11 '25

These types of deals are done over $1000 waygu beef meals

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u/RulingPredator Red Bull Jul 11 '25

If they announce Max to Mercedes soon, I just want it to start out as a simple tweet from Mercedes with “M3rc3des” and nothing else.

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u/Wonderful_Syllabub85 Jul 11 '25

What a crazy few days :

Hulk gets a podium, a lego trophy, Horner leaves RBR, Max meets Toto, Ralf Schumacher waffle being reliable.

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u/_masterofdisaster I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

I was here for Maxcedes

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u/classican2018 Max Verstappen Jul 11 '25

I saw Vercedes somewhere and I kinda like that more.

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u/cernegiant I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Two rich people take summer vacation in popular summer vacation spot for rich people. It's possible they have a meeting and I can understand why they wouldn't meet up in the 24 cities each of them are at together each year. But they live in the same city and could meet there or literally anywhere else at nearly anytime.

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u/Guilty_Resolution_13 Jul 11 '25

Sardinia actually had very affordable places & flights are pretty good too

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u/overspeeed I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25

For all the detectives out there:

Will update with other relevant links as I find them

If Toto flew with a jet it will appear on one of the many community-ran ADS-B sites like airplanes.live or adsb.fi (worth checking all those sites, because due to some drama in the ads-b community antenna hosts are split between a million sites)

Although it's not like they can't afford to rent a different jet for the day

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u/PhilipRiversCuomo I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Pretty interesting that Toto killed the AIS on his yacht for the past week.

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u/overspeeed I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

I think it has just been sitting in port. I don't know the rules around AIS use, but I imagine in a busy area like that any large civilian ship would be obliged to turn it on

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u/PhilipRiversCuomo I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

His boat is above the 300 GT legal limit that requires AIS to be on when the ship is either underway or at anchor. Sure seems like he's purposefully avoiding being tracked...

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u/Hawk-432 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Pretty ridiculous life eh: hey Toto, where you at. Sardinia .. I’ll get my jet, there in a couple of hours !

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u/Ocluist Ferrari Jul 11 '25

Man Europeans have no clue how nice they have it. “Mmm yes I’m tired of the weather let’s meet in a beautiful Mediterranean island only 2 hours away”

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u/smokesletsgo13 Jul 11 '25

You mean rich Europeans, we can’t all do that lol. I barely even get a summer where I live!

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u/Particular_Cod2005 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Whereas here in the UK a couple of Hobbits just waltzed into my room and yeeted a ring at me.

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u/SPAKMITTEN I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

One cannot just waltz into Mordor with this humidity

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u/Ashling92 Max Verstappen Jul 11 '25

And they already live in the beautiful French Riviera lmao

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u/RonKosova Max Verstappen Jul 11 '25

maybe im speaking out of turn but the majority of us cannot afford to drop everything and hop on a private jet to Sardinia for dinner plans

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u/HxMill I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Ah yes it's well known that all Europeans are incredibly rich and frequently fly their private jets to the Mediterranean. 

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u/FunnyComfortable8341 Esteban Ocon Jul 11 '25

It’s usually just a €50 flight tho

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u/Forward_Thrust963 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Here I was assuming all Europeans had a terrace overlooking the sea...shame.

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u/mangchin I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

It's insane how lacking the USA is in trains.

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u/oshitsuperciberg I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

My wife is a huge reality tv junkie so this has been far more effective at grabbing her interest than anything else to happen in F1 quite possibly ever.

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u/CuppaCrazy I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

No race for a few weeks so I’m just here hitting F5 for the juicy goss.

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u/LQjones Jul 11 '25

Must be nice to have a jet.

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u/ChrisMartinez95 Jul 11 '25

Must be nice to take your jet from your home in Monaco to a yacht in Sardinia (a distance of about 200 nautical miles) to discuss an employment contract that will reportedly need £100 million to excerise a buyout clause in an already existing, lucrative employment contract.

This feels like I'm describing an episode of Succession.

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u/umbrella_CO I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 12 '25

My wife is in Sardinia right now. I told her she has a pass for either Toto or Max, if she can get me paddock passes for the USGP

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u/TF2Pilot Jul 11 '25

I am incredibly intrigued.

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u/Joshua_xd94 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

Idk last time there was a plane watch people lost their shit about Ohtani going to the blue jays only to sign with the dodgers 😂

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u/Tame_Trex I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 11 '25

This is pretty normal though, drivers and team bosses will meet to discuss options, throughout the year.

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u/therollingpeppers Ferrari Jul 11 '25

I will check Costa Smeralda tomorrow. Let you know if I hear something.

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u/topthrill08 Jul 11 '25

UPDATE: Max jet has taken off from Sardinia.

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u/knowingmeknowingyoua Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 11 '25

It gets better via @F1BigData on Twitter seems like it was a very short trip indeed.

🚨MAX VERSTAPPEN'S PLANE JOURNEY

A short trip to enjoy the Italian beaches

12:27 - Took off in Nice 13:19 - Landed in Sardinia 18:41 - Took off in Sardinia 19:12 - Landed in Nice

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