{"id":552847,"date":"2026-03-22T08:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/552847\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T08:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:09:08","slug":"red-bull-nurburgring-ban-confirmed-for-f1-champion-max-verstappen-too-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/552847\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull Nurburgring ban confirmed for F1 champion Max Verstappen – ‘Too dangerous’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four-time F1 champion Max Verstappen<\/a> may have triumphed at the Nurburgring in the past, but he is banned from one type of racing at the iconic circuit. <\/p>\n

\nOn Saturday, Verstappen took part in the NLS2 round of the Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS), achieving his second career victory<\/a> in GT3 machinery with Mercedes-AMG, but he and team-mates Dani Juncadella and Jules Gounon were cruelly stripped of their win after breaching tyre regulations<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\nEven though Verstappen initially appeared to have immensely enjoyed his time racing around the Green Hell, there is one racing feat he is banned from achieving around the Nurburgring, and that is bringing Red Bull F1 machinery to the German track for a demo run. <\/p>\n

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\nWhile the likes of Sebastian Vettel have completed demonstration runs in an F1 car, Verstappen recently revealed that his request to do so had been rejected<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\nThe Dutchman has also made the request before, with former Red Bull chief Helmut Marko<\/a> claiming Verstappen had asked him about a demo lap in the past. <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE: Max Verstappen ‘looking into’ future Nurburgring races after F1 cancellations<\/a> <\/p>\n

Verstappen banned from Red Bull F1 demo at Nurburgring<\/p>\n

\nSpeaking to F1 insider<\/a>, Marko revealed: “Max was raving to me about the Nordschleife years ago. <\/p>\n

\n“He wanted to do a demonstration run in a Red Bull Formula 1 car back then. But that set off all sorts of alarm bells for me.” <\/p>\n

\nMarko was also doubtful that Verstappen intended to simply leave it at a harmless display, adding: \u201cSo much for a demo run! Max had seen that crazy video of Timo Bernhard breaking the lap record in a Le Mans Porsche. I reckon he wanted to top that with the Red Bull.\u201d <\/p>\n

\nFor Marko, the risk was not worth the reward, with the Austrian confirming that he moved to ban Verstappen from bringing F1 machinery to the Green Hell. <\/p>\n

\n“That was too dangerous for me. That\u2019s why I put a stop to it and banned it,” he added. <\/p>\n

\n“Luckily, he can now let off steam in the Mercedes<\/a> GT3 on the Nordschleife. But I fear he still has Timo Bernhard\u2019s lap record in the back of his mind. He\u2019s just an old-school racer.” <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE: Max Verstappen Nurburgring Results: Final NLS2 Race times and positions after Mercedes disqualification<\/a><\/p>\n

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