Max Verstappen switches to Mercedes; exams the AMG GT3 at Estoril
Components 1 World Champion Max Verstappen brought on a little bit of a stir when he was noticed in a Ferrari 296 GT3 earlier this yr. He was seen testing on the Nurburgring forward of the NLS race, which he later went on to win.
With the 2025 F1 season now over, Max was again within the driver’s seat of a race automotive. Nonetheless, this time, he was noticed testing a Mercedes-AMG GT3 on the Estoril Circuit in Portugal.
This AMG GT3 run by 2 Seas Motorsport operates underneath Verstappen.com Racing’s GT program. Whereas it’s nonetheless unclear if we are going to see Max racing on the Nurburgring in 2026, some are speculating that he is perhaps making ready to step up into the Professional Class.
That being stated, Max had earlier said that doing the Nurburgring 24 Hours race in 2026 would depend upon “quite a lot of issues”.
“It depends upon F1 initially, I’m suspecting that with the foundations subsequent yr it’s going to be very sophisticated to begin with, some unknowns anyway,” he added.
“It most likely can be a little bit bit extra hectic than the top of a regulation the place issues are a bit extra easy. Plus, there’s additionally this system of the GT3 crew, which automotive we’re going to race subsequent yr and stuff like that, so quite a lot of issues that also have to come back collectively earlier than I can actually plan it effectively upfront for simply my drivers already within the crew, plus myself.”
“We need to be again there, I simply don’t know in the mean time what number of races I can do subsequent yr, but when there is a chance and I be ok with it, plus no matter is occurring in F1, then for certain.”
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