The big event is almost here
F1 continues to run sparingly at the start of this season between races that could not be held and a calendar that includes two weekend breaks between the Miami round and the one in Canada.
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Max Verstappen took advantage of this ‘gap’ to register for the 24 Hours of Nurburgring scheduled for Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May. The four-time F1 world champion will race with a Mercedes alongside Lucas Auer, Dani Juncadella, and Jules Gounon.
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Juan Pablo Montoya emphasized that if he were in the shoes of the number one at Ford, he certainly would not look kindly on Verstappen’s ‘betrayal’ in the GT3 world: “If I were Red Bull and Ford, I would pressure so that Max did not drive a Mercedes, but a Ford GT3 or something like that – Montoya told Betpack – if I were the big boss at Ford, I would not be happy that he raced with Mercedes and advertised Mercedes.”
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