施泰纳：梅赛德斯已不再需要维斯塔潘
前哈斯车队领队冈瑟·施泰纳认为，梅赛德斯签下马克斯·维斯塔潘的需求已经减弱，并暗示车队已在基米·安东内利身上找到了“下一个维斯塔潘”。
Guenther Steiner 表示，梅赛德斯已不再需要 维斯塔潘。
Guenther Steiner 认为，在有了 安东内利 之后，梅赛德斯可能不再需要追逐 维斯塔潘 了。
前哈斯（哈斯）F1 车队领队 Guenther Steiner 认为，梅赛德斯签下 维斯塔潘 的必要性已经减弱，他暗示这支位于 Brackley 的车队已经在 安东内利 身上找到了“下一个 维斯塔潘”。
Verstappen 在 F1 的未来一段时间以来一直是围场传闻的话题，尤其是在 2026 年红牛在赛道前列难以跟上梅赛德斯的情况下。这位荷兰车手曾被传与 Toto Wolff 领导的车队有联系，最近还与迈凯伦传出关联。
在前车手大卫·库特哈德和内容创作者乔莉·夏普主持的 Up To Speed 播客的一次采访中，斯坦纳讨论了如果维斯塔潘决定离开米尔顿凯恩斯车队，他有哪些现实的选择。
"我认为目前马克斯的问题在于，如果你三四天前问我，我会说去迈凯伦是一次平级调动，但在匈牙利大奖赛之后，也许就不算平级调动了，但从那以后情况发生了变化，"斯坦纳解释道。
"如果马克斯要去别的地方，显然他想去一个比红牛更好的地方，而比红牛更好的车队并没有多少。
"也许红牛目前还没有达到他们想要的位置，不像几年前那样处于领先地位，但它仍然是四大强队之一。法拉利的席位已经满了。在梅赛德斯，我想他们现在已经找到了下一个马克斯·维斯塔潘。所以，也许他们现在并不需要真正的马克斯·维斯塔潘。"
安德烈亚·基米·安东内利（安东内利），梅赛德斯；马克斯·维斯塔潘（维斯塔潘），红牛车队
施泰纳认为，红牛相比迈凯伦仍有一个优势，那就是它拥有自己的动力单元，而这家位于沃金的车队只是梅赛德斯的客户车队。
“然后是迈凯伦，但在几场比赛之前，迈凯伦的情况就像，他们真的比红牛更强吗？因为我认为红牛有一个优势。他们现在拥有自己的引擎，这是一个优势。
“如果你拥有厂队引擎，我是说迈凯伦用梅赛德斯的客户引擎表现非常出色。但最终，迈凯伦会是维斯塔潘唯一的可能选择，而我甚至不知道这种可能性是否存在。
"曾有传言说Oscar可能会去红牛，但我认为这对Max来说是最重要的事情：如果Max要去别的车队，他想去的是周围最好的车队。"
英文原文
Mercedes no longer needs Max Verstappen, says Guenther Steiner
Guenther Steiner believes Mercedes may no longer need to pursue Max Verstappen after Kimi Antonelli
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner believes Mercedes' need to sign Max Verstappen has faded, suggesting the Brackley outfit has already found "the next Max Verstappen" in Kimi Antonelli.
Verstappen's F1 future has been the subject of paddock rumours for some time, particularly with Red Bull struggling to keep up with Mercedes at the front of the grid in 2026. The Dutchman has been linked to the Toto Wolff-led team and, more recently, McLaren.
During an interview on the Up To Speed podcast with former driver David Coulthard and content creator Jolie Sharpe, Steiner discussed the realistic options available to Verstappen if he decides to leave the Milton Keynes squad.
"What I think the problem for Max at the moment is if you would have asked me three or four days ago, I would say going to McLaren is a sideways move, after [the Hungarian Grand Prix], maybe it isn't a sideways move, but things changed since then," Steiner explained.
"If Max goes somewhere, obviously he wants to go somewhere which is better than Red Bull, and there are not many teams around better than Red Bull.
"Maybe Red Bull at the moment is not where they want to be, at the forefront like they were a few years ago, but it's still one of the big four good teams. The seats are filled at Ferrari. At Mercedes, I think they've now found the next Max Verstappen. So, maybe they don't need the real Max Verstappen at the moment."
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Steiner argued that Red Bull still has one advantage over McLaren as it has its own power unit, whereas the Woking outfit is a customer team of Mercedes.
"Then there was McLaren, but McLaren until a few races ago, it's like, are they really better than Red Bull? Because I think Red Bull has got one advantage. They've got their own engine now, which is an advantage.
"If you have got the works engine, I mean McLaren is doing very well having a Mercedes customer engine. But in the end, [McLaren] would be the only possibility [for Verstappen], and I don't know if that possibility even exists.
"There was the rumour that maybe Oscar could go to Red Bull, but I think that is the biggest thing for Max: if Max goes somewhere, he wants to go to the best team around."
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