{"id":315047,"date":"2026-03-05T23:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/315047\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T23:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:48:16","slug":"f1-news-max-verstappen-renews-interest-in-supercars-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/315047\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Max Verstappen renews interest in Supercars start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/XPB_1397978_HiRes.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Great series\u2019: Max Verstappen renews interest in Supercars start\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMax Verstappen has again teased a potential Supercars drive. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, the four-time Formula 1 world champion revealed his admiration for Australia\u2019s premier touring car category and said a future start in either a GT3 or Supercars machine remains a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I love watching the races anyway. I\u2019ve had friends of mine of course compete in it. It\u2019s a great series. A lot of great drivers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very different for me of course to drive as well, to how I grew up racing. Less downforce related.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the same time, of course experiencing with GT3 racing as well and that\u2019s something that I enjoy a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the prospect of racing at Bathurst was something that strongly appealed to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho knows? I mean, I don\u2019t think I\u2019m too old yet for it anyway,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like Bathurst. It\u2019s an amazing track and a place that I definitely would like to race at.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that\u2019s going to be in GT3 or V8 I don\u2019t know yet, but for sure that would be something really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen\u2019s comments build on interest he first hinted at earlier in 2026 after revealing he had recently driven a Supercars machine in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>In a video released by Red Bull Racing, the four-time world champion confirmed he had sampled the car and enjoyed the experience.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen also rode shotgun during the 2019 Australian Grand Prix weekend in a hot lap at Albert Park alongside seven-time Supercars champion Jamie Whincup in a Triple Eight Holden Commodore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/285241\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/285241.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen has again teased a potential Supercars drive. Image: XPB Images Speaking ahead of the Australian Grand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[168653,3516,111,139,69,1732,213,217],"class_list":{"0":"post-315047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-australian-gp","9":"tag-max-verstappen","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-slot4","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-supercars"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}