Your Saturday dose of F1 news has arrived, with all eyes away from the paddock and on the Nurburgring as Max Verstappen took on GT4 machinery.<\/p>\n
He certainly made his mark while driving detuned machinery, too, alongside teammate Chris Lulham. Let\u2019s dive in and take a look at Saturday\u2019s news.<\/p>\n
F1 news: Max Verstappen impresses in Nurburgring endurance event<\/p>\n
Having qualified sixth in class with higher-power cars around him (25 seconds clear of the nearest CUP3(G) spec, for reference), Max Verstappen and Chris Lulham brought home a P7 finish in class.<\/p>\n
Driving a detuned Porsche GT4 Cayman which carried around 300bhp instead of its usual 425bhp, Verstappen was swamped by faster cars at the start in a straight line but held onto a solid position throughout his 14 laps of the Nordschleife.<\/p>\n
Lulham took the wheel just after the halfway point, navigating changeable conditions as the #980 car climbed back up into the top 10 in class, with a P7 finish in class the sum of their efforts.<\/p>\n
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