Max Verstappen is set to make his endurance racing debut this weekend.\u00a0Joe Portlock\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
Max Verstappen<\/a> will make his racing debut at the legendary Nordschleife circuit in an endurance race this weekend.<\/p>\n Four-time Formula 1 world champion Verstappen has made little secret of his desire to start racing in series outside of F1.<\/p>\n Earlier this year he tested at the 13-mile Nordschleife, nicknamed ‘the Green Hell,” under the alias “Franz Hermann” in a bid to prepare for an eventual race.<\/p>\n His debut endurance race has been confirmed by German publication Auto Motor und Sport.<\/p>\n Verstappen claimed a surprise win at Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix, his third victory of the season.<\/p>\n In order to participate this weekend, Verstappen first must sit an exam on Friday to obtain the paperwork needed to race.<\/p>\n According to Auto Motor und Sport, should he pass that test, he would be allowed to race in a Porsche Cayman GT4 CS on Saturday.<\/p>\n His aim is to then progress to racing a Ferrari 296 GT3 of Swiss squad Emil Frey Racing by the end of the weekend, which could be allowed if he is given special dispensation to race in it.<\/p>\n The question of how long Verstappen will stay motivated to race in F1 has been a hot topic in recent years.<\/p>\n Red Bull racing advisor Helmut Marko said the endurance race will be key to keeping him happy going forward.<\/p>\n – McLaren walking a ‘fairness’ tightrope with Norris, Piastri<\/a> “At a time when our Formula 1 car wasn’t running properly, he was there with great enthusiasm,” Marko told Motorsport.com.<\/p>\n “It was an important distraction for his well-being.”<\/p>\n The Nordschleife is considered one of the most dangerous circuits in the world. It was a former host of the German Grand Prix. It was where Niki Lauda’s infamous fiery crash occurred in 1976.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen is set to make his endurance racing debut this weekend.\u00a0Joe Portlock\/Getty Images Max Verstappen will make…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-125172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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