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  "id": 2751319,
  "title": "Toto Wolff jokes about Max Verstappen's Red Bull deal: Mercedes has him for the \"real hero races\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/toto-wolff-jokes-about-max-verstappens-red-bull-deal-mercedes-has-him",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-23T07:58:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/wolff-jokes-about-verstappens-red-bull-deal-mercedes-has-him-for-the-real-hero-races/10848470/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As is tradition, Mercedes organises a special media session with Wolff and representatives of the Dutch press at Zandvoort. In recent years, those roundtables have often produced some eye-catching comments, much to the amusement of Mercedes team members as well. Two years ago at Zandvoort, for example, Wolff more or less confirmed Kimi Antonelli's F1 promotion, even though the formal ... Keep…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Max Verstappen, a record-breaking Red Bull stay and a show of faith in Formula 1",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/max-verstappen-a-record-breaking-red-bull-stay-and-a-show-of-faith-in",
        "published": "2026-08-21T05:52:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Motorsport.com",
        "title": "Max Verstappen's Red Bull commitment hailed as \"important vindication\" of Laurent Mekies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/max-verstappens-red-bull-commitment-hailed-as-important-vindication",
        "published": "2026-08-22T10:27:47.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}