Lando Norris has vowed to support Max Verstappen during the four-time champion\u2019s upcoming entry in the Nurburgring 24 Hours.<\/p>\n
The Nordschleife has long been regarded as one of the most iconic circuits in the world and has attracted increased attention of late due to Verstappen\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n
Verstappen has already competed in two events so far this year in preparation for the endurance race later this month.<\/p>\n
Norris has said he will aim to tune in to Verstappen\u2019s race, which will take place on May 16\u201317, as much as possible to keep track of his rival’s progress.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve been watching all the GT races that Max has been doing, quite a few of my friends do GT racing, I’ve watched it for years,\u201d Norris told media including RacingNews365.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s nice to get my own view of the circuit, and I think it certainly lives up to all the expectations and things that people say about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, it’s a tricky, risky track, and it was sad to obviously lose a life in the other race. That can happen in racing in general.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s not just this circuit, it could happen at any track and have a similar consequence. So it’s a real shame that that’s the case, and it’s sad for all of motorsport.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it’s still one of the best races in the world, the Nordschleife 24 Hours. I’ll be watching – maybe not the whole 24 hours – but as much as possible, and support Max.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe’s a guy that I respect a lot, and I’ve enjoyed watching him and Chris Hasse racing over the last few weeks. It’s good to watch him, so I’ll definitely be watching.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tNorris details emotions of Nordschleife outing<\/p>\n
Norris recently got his own taste of the Nordschleife when McLaren travelled to Germany to partake in a Pirelli tyre test around the Nurburgring.<\/p>\n
While there, Norris got behind the wheel of a McLaren sports car to attack the Nordschleife layout.<\/p>\n
Having voiced his displeasure with the 2026 F1 cars across the opening rounds of the campaign, Norris admitted his Nordschleife appearance was his most exciting venture so far this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was most fun I’ve had all year, to be honest,\u201d Norris said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a lot of fun. Also, because it’s a circuit I’ve driven on Gran Turismo and iRacing, on the simulator for years.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s one of those tracks that everyone just wants to drive, whether you’re a racing driver or not.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s just always cool to go and do that, because it’s so unique. I feel like you can do it in any car and probably have a lot of fun. Even the McLaren is scary and fun, but it was cool that I got to do one of those things.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAs much as I’ve been in F1 for years, I’ve been to Nurburgring countless times. It was my first opportunity to actually go on the Nordschleife and drive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve watched all of the onboards, I knew the track off by heart already. I felt like I knew the track.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lando Norris has vowed to support Max Verstappen during the four-time champion\u2019s upcoming entry in the Nurburgring 24…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-642661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642661","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=642661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}