{"id":411871,"date":"2026-01-14T08:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/411871\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:08:21","slug":"f1-news-max-verstappen-reveals-secret-supercars-drive-bathurst-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/411871\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Max Verstappen reveals secret Supercars drive, Bathurst interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/XPB_1370616_HiRes.jpg\" alt=\"Max Verstappen reveals secret Supercars drive\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMax Verstappen. Image: XPB Images&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The four-time F1 world champion dropped the revelation in a video on Red Bull Racing\u2019s social media platforms, where he was asked about his interest in contesting various series.<\/p>\n<p>Asked of Supercars, he said: \u201cI drove it last week, it was a lot of fun.\u201d He then added: \u201cMaybe Bathurst,\u201d hinting at a possible future cameo.<\/p>\n<p>Details of Verstappen\u2019s recent Supercars steer are expected to be revealed as part of Ford Racing\u2019s season launch in Detroit, Michigan, on January 15.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen will appear on stage at the event as Ford makes a return to F1 as part of a collaboration with Red Bull Racing on its new powertrain.<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull is meanwhile now part of Ford\u2019s Supercars program thanks to Triple Eight\u2019s switch from GM.<\/p>\n<p>The Supercar recently driven by Verstappen will likely be the Dick Johnson Racing-built Gen3 Mustang that lives in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>It was purchased by Ford following wind tunnel testing over the 2023\/24 off-season.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen previously jumped aboard a Triple Eight Holden Commodore for a hot lap alongside Jamie Whincup at Albert Park in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>His declaration of interest in Supercars and Bathurst is particularly notable given his reaction to other series in the Red Bull video.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen flatly ruled out potential appearances in NASCAR, IndyCar or the World Rally Championship.<\/p>\n<p>He did though flag interest in GT World Challenge, <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/f1-news-2025-max-verstappen-racing-mercedes-amg-gt-world-challenge-europe-deal-details-announcement-confirmed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">having begun racing for his own GT team in recent times<\/a>, as well as the World Endurance Championship.<\/p>\n<p><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/285249\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/a\/285249\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Max Verstappen. Image: XPB Images&#13; The four-time F1 world champion dropped the revelation in a video&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,825,806,805,803,804,946,9910,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-411871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-max-verstappen","11":"tag-motor","12":"tag-motor-sports","13":"tag-motosport","14":"tag-motosports","15":"tag-red-bull-racing","16":"tag-slot2","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}