F1 champion Max Verstappen announces next Nurburgring outing

Crimson Bull Formulation 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 12 months, successful in a Ferrari.

As a part of his preparations for the occasion, Max Verstappen took half within the second spherical (although NLS1 was known as off resulting from 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 resulting from a tyre infringement.

The Dutchman will likely be again in motion on the Nurburgring on the weekend of 18-19 April, when the cancelled Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was resulting from happen, to contest the N24 qualifiers.

The qualifiers are comprised of two four-hour races, which Verstappen will deal with alongside Lucas Auer.

Staff-mates Gounon and Juncadella is not going to be obtainable resulting from their FIA World Endurance Championship commitments at Imola.

Verstappen is not going to participate in NLS3 subsequent weekend, because the group 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 underneath higher consideration, as he bemoans the present rules in F1.

The Dutchman has repeatedly said that he’s contemplating his future in F1 rigorously resulting from 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 troublesome begin for Crimson Bull underneath its new engine partnership with Ford, although Verstappen insists this has nothing to do together with his present complaints.