Pink Bull Method 1 driver Max Verstappen will return to the Nurburgring this month to participate within the 24 Hours qualifiers in a Mercedes.
The four-time F1 world champion will make his maiden look on the Nurburgring 24 Hours in Might, having made his skilled GT racing debut on the iconic monitor final yr, profitable in a Ferrari.
As a part of his preparations for the occasion, Max Verstappen took half within the second spherical (although NLS1 was referred to as off on account of poor climate) of the Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS2) within the weekend between the Chinese language and Japanese Grand Prix.
Verstappen piloted a Winward-run Mercedes-AMG GT3 automotive alongside Joules Gounon and Dani Juncadella to pole place and victory at NLS2, although it was later stripped from the No.3 entry on account of a tyre infringement.
The Dutchman shall be again in motion on the Nurburgring on the weekend of 18-19 April, when the cancelled Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was on account of happen, to contest the N24 qualifiers.
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The qualifiers are comprised of two four-hour races, which Verstappen will sort out alongside Lucas Auer.
Group-mates Gounon and Juncadella won’t be accessible on account of their FIA World Endurance Championship commitments at Imola.
Verstappen won’t participate in NLS3 subsequent weekend, because the workforce is competing at Paul Ricard for the GT World Problem Europe season-opener.
Earlier on Thursday, it was introduced that Aston Martin F1 driver Lance Stroll will make his debut in GTWCE subsequent weekend.
Verstappen’s Nurburgring exploits have come below larger consideration, as he bemoans the present rules in F1.
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The Dutchman has repeatedly acknowledged that he’s contemplating his future in F1 rigorously on account of his lack of enjoyment of the present guidelines.
Following the Japanese Grand Prix, the strongest studies but of a possible retirement from F1 by Verstappen emerged.
The 2026 season has additionally gotten off to a tricky begin for Pink Bull below its new engine partnership with Ford, although Verstappen insists this has nothing to do along with his present complaints.
