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Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 Hours debut is alr

Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 Hours debut is already full Nordschleife: relentless traffic, shifting grip and favourites vanishing in minutes. Taking over the #3 Mercedes-AMG GT3 early on Saturday, Verstappen cut through the multi-class chaos and jumped from third to first as the #16 Audi’s race imploded after contact and damage that ultimately ruled it out.

There was a reminder of how quickly it can bite, too, as the Mercedes briefly went airborne and brushed the Armco — Verstappen calling it simply turning in too early before getting back to work. The trouble kept coming for others as the #911 Porsche hit the barriers and stopped later, then the #64 Ford crashed at the same spot. Up front the lead changed hands again, with the #67 Ford (Dennis Olsen) edging clear after the #3 lost time in tricky conditions. With night and more weather looming, Verstappen’s focus turns from early attack to keeping it clean and staying in the fight.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #Nordschleife #GT3 #MaxVerstappen #EnduranceRacing

The 2026 Nürburgring 24 Hours wasted no time deliv

The 2026 Nürburgring 24 Hours wasted no time delivering classic Nordschleife chaos. A cold, greasy track punished early optimism, with spins for the #16 Audi and #99 BMW setting the tone. Up front, the #130 Lamborghini initially led as Daniel Juncadella launched the #3 Verstappen Racing Mercedes (run by Winward) into the leading group, briefly inheriting second after a puncture for Mirko Bortolotti.

Traffic then bit, Juncadella’s dirt-kick moment cost positions, and the big blow landed on the early leader: a 32-second jump-start penalty for the #130. The front fight tightened, the #7 Lamborghini emerged as the car to beat after the first pit cycle, and Max Verstappen climbed in for his first Nürburgring 24 race stint — thrown straight into a compressed field in P10 with rain looming and survival the first priority.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #Nordschleife #MaxVerstappen #GT3 #EnduranceRacing

Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 debut is deliverin

Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 debut is delivering an instant reality check: a four-time F1 champion learning the Nordschleife’s night rules the hard way. Sharing the #3 Mercedes for Verstappen Racing with Lucas Auer, Jules Gounon and Daniel Juncadella, Verstappen described a wet, foggy night run where he could barely see — forcing him to back off because he had to, not because he wanted to.

For Verstappen, it’s less drama than homework: adjusting his eyes, building references, and adapting to a track where spray, vapour and even the famous night crowd can distort what you think you’re seeing. Teammate Gounon isn’t worried, calling it a worst-case introduction and backing Max to settle in fast — but the message is clear: at the Ring, reputation doesn’t buy visibility.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #Nordschleife #MaxVerstappen #GT3 #EnduranceRacing

Max Verstappen arrives at the Nürburgring 24 Hours

Max Verstappen arrives at the Nürburgring 24 Hours as the rookie for once, stepping into the Green Hell alongside endurance specialists Daniel Juncadella, Lucas Auer and Jules Gounon in a Mercedes-AMG GT3. It’s a serious entry, and they’ve put themselves where they wanted to be: fourth on the grid after Juncadella’s Top Qualifying 3 lap, with the opening stint also in his hands.

The team’s message is simple: they’re here to win, but the Nordschleife demands humility. Early track position matters in instant multi-class traffic, night and weather can turn the race in seconds, and preparation hasn’t been perfect after a cancelled NLS night run. Still, confidence is high in Verstappen’s adaptability and in an AMG package praised for having no obvious vices. From here, it’s the Nürburgring bargain: stay clean, stay close, and hope the place chooses you.

#N24h #Nurburgring24 #Nordschleife #GT3 #MaxVerstappen #EnduranceRacing

Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 Hours debut is alr

Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 Hours debut is already looking like a proper sporting project, not a cameo. Verstappen Racing’s #3 Mercedes-AMG GT3 lines up fourth on the grid, and Daniel Juncadella has been confirmed to take the start — the toughest stint of the race, where the Nordschleife’s opening laps offer traffic, risk and zero time to settle.

The P4 wasn’t a gift, either. Lucas Auer kept the car moving through the Top Qualifying phases, Verstappen helped push it into the pole-deciding shootout, and Juncadella sealed second-row position in the final segment. Up front, Red Bull Team ABT has pole with Luca Engstler’s #84 Lamborghini, with Marco Mapelli completing a Lamborghini front-row lockout. For Verstappen’s crew, the target is simple: keep it clean early, stay in the fight, and let the 24 hours come to them.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #GT3 #MaxVerstappen #EnduranceRacing #MotorsportNews

Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 Hours build-up del

Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 Hours build-up delivered the result endurance teams crave most: a clean hour with no surprises. In the final warm-up on the Nordschleife, Jules Gounon guided the #3 Verstappen Racing Mercedes to P9, with light patchy rain adding just enough uncertainty to validate settings, electronics and drivability without turning it into a headline-chasing shootout.

Up front, the repaired #80 Mercedes capped an impressive return from Friday’s off by going quickest late on, Maxime Martin setting an 8:32.206 to finish 4.5s clear of the #26 Mercedes. For Verstappen’s camp, the message was quieter but sharper: everything worked, and on this track that’s the most reassuring—and most unsettling—sign that the real test is about to start.
#N24 #Nurburgring24h #Nordschleife #GT3 #MercedesAMG #VerstappenRacing

Jenson Button says Formula 1 never really cures do

Jenson Button says Formula 1 never really cures doubt, no matter how many wins or titles you stack up. On Beyond the Grid, he argued that even the sport’s biggest names — Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Michael Schumacher — would have felt that same quiet insecurity, where one bad session or a moment of radio silence can spiral into second-guessing.

Button’s point isn’t that champions are fragile, but that the margins and pressure in F1 can make anyone feel exposed, and that bottling it up can be destructive. He praised Lando Norris for speaking openly about mental health, suggesting that honesty is strength — and that what fans read as arrogance is often just self-protection.

#F1 #JensonButton #LewisHamilton #MaxVerstappen #MichaelSchumacher #LandoNorris

Sebastian Vettel has split with long-time press of

Sebastian Vettel has split with long-time press officer Britta Roeske, ending one of the most enduring partnerships in modern F1. Roeske had been at his side since Red Bull in 2009, through four titles, Ferrari, Aston Martin, and even beyond his 2022 retirement.

Roeske says she’s moving on to a “new professional chapter,” calling her time with Vettel “formative and enriching.” With Vettel still active in public life — from environmental campaigns and Senna tributes to SailGP investment and a sub-three-hour London Marathon for charity — the change matters: a new PR set-up will now shape how one of F1’s most influential figures is seen and heard.

#F1 #SebastianVettel #Formula1 #Motorsport #RedBullRacing #AstonMartinF1

Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 Hours debut has be

Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 Hours debut has been framed around the fear factor of the Nordschleife at night, but Timo Glock sees a different problem waiting in the dark. In his view, the headlights won’t be what catches Verstappen out. It’ll be traffic.

Verstappen starts fourth in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 after a build-up heavy on sim work and seat time, even if a chance for proper night experience was cut short when NLS5 ended early. Glock believes the sim mileage and Verstappen’s early pace show he’ll handle the conditions, but the real danger is the 160-car mix: huge closing speeds, uneven experience levels, and drivers who won’t always do what a Formula 1 mind expects. On the Nordschleife, assumptions get punished faster than bravery.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #Nordschleife #GT3 #MaxVerstappen #MotorsportNews

Formula 2’s push into North America was always mea

Formula 2’s push into North America was always meant to be a growth play, but it’s found an unexpected headline: Colton Herta. F2 boss Bruno Michel says Herta’s arrival from IndyCar has been a real asset in talks with Miami and Montreal, giving promoters a rare “local name” to sell alongside Sebastian Montoya.

On track, the move is steady rather than spectacular so far. Herta has points in both feature races (P7 Melbourne, P8 Miami) and sits 13th on 10 points as he adapts to F2’s cars, tyres and tightly packed F1-weekend format. The bigger picture is clear: Herta’s also tied to Cadillac’s F1 project as a test driver, with FP1 outings planned in 2026 and a top-10 F2 target to hit. Montreal is next, and F2’s American gamble already looks like it’s paying off in visibility — now it needs the results to match.

#Formula2 #ColtonHerta #IndyCar #RoadToF1 #CadillacF1 #MontrealGP

Juan Pablo Montoya’s version of Indy mythology com

Juan Pablo Montoya’s version of Indy mythology comes with a twist: he says he didn’t even want to run the Indianapolis 500 in 2000, and felt “forced” into it while trying to defend his CART title amid the split-era politics and a season plagued by breakdowns. To him, it wasn’t fear of the Speedway — it was frustration at shifting focus.

Once he rolled out, the doubts didn’t last long. Montoya says by lap two he was flat, doing 220mph and second quickest on the day — an “oh okay, you’re okay” moment that quickly turned into a rookie win. Damon Hill, impressed by the feat, added his own Indy family footnote: Graham Hill also won on debut in 1966, then claimed his next best legacy was getting doors put on the restroom stalls.

#Indy500 #JuanPabloMontoya #IndyCar #Motorsport #RacingHistory #F1

Alpine’s early 2026 lift looks less like a lucky s

Alpine’s early 2026 lift looks less like a lucky streak and more like a team rebuilding its structure with purpose. The Enstone squad has confirmed Jason Somerville will join immediately as deputy technical director, reporting to executive technical director David Sanchez, as Alpine climbs from a bleak 2025 to fifth in the constructors’ standings after four races with 23 points.

Somerville returns to Enstone with a rare advantage: recent rule-making proximity. After earlier stints at the team and at Williams, he worked on F1’s 2022 ground-effect regulations at FOM, then became the FIA’s head of aerodynamics in 2022, playing a key role in later rule tweaks. It’s a statement hire that fits Alpine’s wider reshuffle around familiar, high-level operators like Flavio Briatore and Steve Nielsen, and it signals a team trying to turn momentum into sustained progress on-track and credibility off it, as partnership talks for the future continue.

#F1 #AlpineF1Team #Formula1 #F1Tech #Enstone #F1News

Red Bull Team ABT has landed a decisive Nürburgrin

Red Bull Team ABT has landed a decisive Nürburgring 24 Hours front-row lockout in Top Qualifying 3 at the Nordschleife. Luca Engstler grabbed pole with an 8:11.123, with Marco Mapelli completing the one-two just 0.345s back — a gap that feels a lot bigger on this place.

Behind them, Christopher Haase put Scherer Sport PHX’s Audi third, while Daniel Juncadella delivered when the grid was on the line for the Verstappen-linked entry: after a scruffy first run, he found an 8:12.005 to jump up to fourth. With the Top Qualifying format forcing three different drivers across the shootout, ABT’s clean execution is as big a statement as the pace — and starting at the sharp end matters when Nürburgring chaos is always only one corner away.

#N24 #Nurburgring24h #Nordschleife #GT3 #EnduranceRacing #MotorsportNews

The 2026 power unit debate is already turning into

The 2026 power unit debate is already turning into a tug-of-war between “this is broken” and “let the sport breathe”. In Miami, Audi’s Mattia Binotto urged F1 to stop talking itself into a crisis, arguing the racing has largely delivered with close fights and plenty of overtaking, even if the new balance between battery deployment and the ICE has forced everyone to adapt.

Behind the scenes, though, the politics keep moving: the FIA has made further tweaks aimed at more committed qualifying and safety, and it’s already agreed a new electric/ICE split for 2027. At the same time, Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s push for a return to V8s with minimal electric by 2030/31 is adding another layer. Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur backed the current direction, saying energy management is less “artificial” than the DRS era, while stressing the bigger pressure point is engine cost. The shared message: refine what needs refining, but don’t sell 2026 as a failure.

#F1 #Formula1 #FIA #AudiF1 #Ferrari #F12026

Red Bull’s Nordschleife push just made its first r

Red Bull’s Nordschleife push just made its first real statement in Nürburgring 24 Hours Top Qualifying 2. The #130 ABT Lamborghini (Mapelli/Catsburg/Yelloly) went quickest with an 8:10.485, edging Walkenhorst’s #34 Aston Martin by just 0.139s, with Manthey’s #911 Porsche close behind in third.

The headlines kept coming behind them: HRT Ford Racing planted two Mustangs in the top five (#64 fourth, #67 fifth), while Max Verstappen’s GT3 qualifying story moved forward with P6 in the Winward Mercedes-AMG, an 8:11.614 that sneaks him into the penultimate slot for Top Qualifying 3. With the front covered by barely any breathing room, the final shootout is set up exactly how the Green Hell likes it: tight, tense, and wide open.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #Nordschleife #GT3 #RedBullABT #MaxVerstappen

Fernando Alonso arrived in Miami in full race mode

Fernando Alonso arrived in Miami in full race mode, but with a new perspective: earlier this year he and partner Melissa Jiminez welcomed their first child, Leonard. The 44-year-old says fatherhood is changing how he sees life and, unexpectedly, it’s not pushing him toward retirement. It’s pulling him toward one more run, long enough for his son to remember the paddock, the garage, even sitting in the car.

Alonso is in the final year of his current Aston Martin deal and plans to decide his next step by summer. Despite a frustrating season marked by vibrations, gearbox issues and a lack of downforce, he hasn’t written off the project and believes things could look very different in “year two” of the next phase. If he leaves F1, he insists he’ll race elsewhere — and either way, he expects to stay part of Aston Martin and the paddock.

#F1 #FernandoAlonso #AstonMartinF1 #MiamiGP #Formula1 #MotorsportNews

Max Verstappen is under contract at Red Bull until

Max Verstappen is under contract at Red Bull until 2028, but the paddock noise keeps getting louder — and the bigger tell is his own tone. Guenther Steiner says there are only three realistic landing spots if Max ever jumps: Ferrari, McLaren or Mercedes, simply because they’re the only outfits with the scale and performance ceiling that would justify leaving Red Bull.

The problem is seats. McLaren and Mercedes insist they’re happy with their current line-ups, and Ferrari looks boxed in with Charles Leclerc tied down into 2027 and Lewis Hamilton holding an option that could lock things further. With Lando Norris now the reigning champion and 2026 set to reshuffle the sport again, this feels less like a bidding war and more like a mindset shift: Verstappen has openly weighed up whether the grind is still worth it, admitting that being in the car isn’t “the most enjoyable” right now. Steiner’s blunt read is stark — Red Bull, or goodbye F1.

#F1 #MaxVerstappen #RedBullRacing #Ferrari #McLaren #Mercedes

Timo Glock hits the Nürburgring 24 Hours with a fu

Timo Glock hits the Nürburgring 24 Hours with a full-force flashback: Dörr Motorsport’s McLaren 720S GT3 (the only McLaren in SP9) will run a Michael Schumacher-inspired design echoing the iconic 1995 Bitburger-backed Benetton B195. It’s a wider tribute built with Bembel With Care and the Keep Fighting Foundation, extending to Glock’s overalls and even period-style crew suits, with Bitburger returning to motorsport for the first time in 25 years.

The romance comes with realism. Glock admits the programme came together fast and Nordschleife mileage has been limited after an early tragedy and later technical issues in NLS running. With fellow F1 starters also on the grid — including Max Verstappen in SP9 — Glock’s aim is simple: survive, stay clean, avoid penalties, and see if a top 10 is possible when the Green Hell starts taking its toll.

#N24 #Nurburgring24h #Nordschleife #GT3 #TimoGlock #KeepFightingFoundation

Valtteri Bottas arrived in Florida looking for an

Valtteri Bottas arrived in Florida looking for an easier Miami GP weekend and based himself in Fort Lauderdale, calling it a calmer, low-crime option. By Saturday morning, his team-provided Cadillac Escalade had vanished from the Airbnb driveway despite being locked and with the keys still inside the house.

Worse, Bottas’ paddock pass was in the stolen car, triggering a rapid security response that he says even brought the FBI into the investigation. The Escalade was found dumped the next day in a “dodgy area”, with authorities suggesting it was likely used in another crime before being abandoned. Bottas, in classic dry style, summed it up as sad — and somehow still pretty cool.

#F1 #ValtteriBottas #MiamiGP #MotorsportNews #Paddock #Cadillac

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