“I don’t know anything about that,” the Mercedes team boss told Osterreich newspaper in a report published on Sunday.
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She is said to be committing £10 million to the bid to buy the Chelsea alongside F1’s seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.
The City and England forward is among six leading contenders up for this year’s award, which was won by Lewis Hamilton last year.
Verstappen was untroubled throughout the Red Bull Ring race, breaking clear initially as front-row qualifier Lando Norris kept his pursuers back
Verstappen’s Red Bull edged the pole-sitting Hamilton to the first curve to snatch the early lead.
World number two Nadal claimed his fourth Laureus award as he was recognised for his 13th French Open and record-equalling 20th major.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton’s 97th grand prix triumph extended his early season lead over Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in the Formula One drivers’ standings to eight points.
The 35-year-old this year became the most successful F1 driver of all time after equalling Ferrari great Michael Schumacher’s record seven titles and beating the German’s 91 race wins.
Hamilton, who won the same award in 2014, won the overall vote ahead of Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson in second, while Sky Sports Racing ambassador Hollie Doyle came third.
It means he will have to wait to equal the record number of wins in a season, which currently stands at 13.
Hamilton overcame early woes involving a lack of grip in wet conditions to claw his way back into contention and after passing Racing Point’s Sergio Pérez on lap 36 his decision to pursue a one-stop race allowed him to take his 10th win of the season ahead of Pérez and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel who took third place on the final lap after team-mate Charles Leclerc went wide after trying to steal second from Pérez
The 35-year-old started on pole, but found himself behind his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas after a chaotic first lap which also saw Carlos Sainz lead the race for a period following some light rain.
Thousands of Nigerians have been demonstrating for several days against a police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, which has now been disbanded.
The Mercedes driver matched the 19-year-old record at the Nürburgring.
The victory takes the Briton to within one race victory of Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 – a landmark he could equal in Sochi, Russia, a week next Sunday.
Lewis Hamilton was dominating until he was penalised for being called into the pit lane for a stop when it was closed.
Teammate Valtteri Bottas, winner of last weekend’s season-opener behind closed doors at the same Austrian circuit, was runner-up with his championship lead cut to six points.
Bottas, who led every lap in a peerless performance, crossed the line just 0.6 seconds clear of his Mercedes team-mate, but world champion Hamilton was penalised after he was involved in a crash with Red Bull driver Alex Albon in the closing stages.
The Formula One world champion took advantage of a safety car to jump ahead of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas, delighting the bumper 141,000-strong Silverstone crowd.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, starting on pole, finished second after defending hard against Verstappen with the two youngsters banging wheels as the Dutchman forced his way past three laps from the end.