{"id":414111,"date":"2026-01-15T07:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/414111\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T07:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:21:16","slug":"f1-news-verstappen-supercar-drive-part-of-epic-ford-face-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/414111\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Verstappen Supercar drive part of epic Ford face-off"},"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\/SI202601140023.jpg\" alt=\"Verstappen Supercar drive part of epic Ford face-off\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGen3 versus GT3. Image: Supplied &#13;<\/p>\n<p>A video released by Red Bull overnight features Verstappen and new Racing Bulls recruit Arvid Lindblad driving a series of Fords from across the century.<\/p>\n<p>It culminates with a showdown between the pair in which Verstappen drives a Supercar, matched against Lindblad in a GT3 Mustang.<\/p>\n<p>The action was filmed on a small road course next to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with the Gen3 machine believed to be the Dick Johnson Racing-built Mustang that lives in the USA.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1016783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SI202601140025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Mustang wore a T8 livery. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>It was dressed in a Red Bull Ampol Racing livery for the occasion, with Triple Eight making the switch from GM to Ford for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Retired Australian F1 star Daniel Ricciardo makes a cameo in the video as Verstappen tackles the Supercar.<\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally, Lindblad<a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-red-bull-f1-junior-arvid-landblad-highlands-park-nz-grand-prix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> drove a Triple Eight Camaro Supercar at Highlands Park earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the Red Bull video below, with the Supercars involvement beginning just past the 17 minute mark.<\/p>\n<\/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:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/285249.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Gen3 versus GT3. Image: Supplied &#13; A video released by Red Bull overnight features Verstappen and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,825,6490,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-414111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-max-verstappen","14":"tag-slot3","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414111","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=414111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}