By Armaan Agarwal,FirstSportz
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Max Verstappen is making waves in and outside of Formula 1. The Dutch driver headed to the Nürburgring last weekend to compete in a GT2 car ahead of plans to race in the Nürburgring 24 Hours. This has sparked rumors over Verstappen potentially racing at Le Mans in the future. Now, Red Bull Motorsport Consultant Dr. Helmut Marko has finally responded to such claims.
The reigning world champion exceeded expectations at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Max Verstappen drove a detuned Porsche Cayman to get a license for the 24 Hours race. The Dutchman passed with flying colors and gained an approval from the authorities.
Le Mans is the pinnacle of endurance racing. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is considered as one of the three races of motorsport’s triple crown. The other two being the Monaco GP and Indy 500. Thus, it should not be surprising if Max Verstappen wants to compete at Le Mans in the future.
Helmut Marko made it clear that for now, Max Verstappen has no plans to race at the iconic 24-hour race. The Austrian pointed out that Le Mans was a completely different beast than the Nürburgring, with vast speed differences between categories. Le Mans has the Le Mans Hypercars, LMP2, and GT3 categories. Marko asserted that currently Verstappen will only be racing at the Nordschleife.
Le Mans is not in the program. Le Mans is a different story. The speed differences and the different categories are even bigger. For the time being, long distance is only the Nurburgring.
Helmut Marko told Sport.de
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