Max Verstappen Spotted at the Nurburgring Testing a Ferrari GT3 Car Under Fake Name
"Formula 1 is not your whole life," says the four-time F1 champ. He just loves racing, period. The post Max Verstappen Spotted at the Nurburgring Testing a Ferrari GT3 Car Under Fake Name appeared first on The Drive.
Max Verstappen may be preparing to enter his sidequest racing era because the four-time Formula 1 champ was caught testing a Ferrari—the Dutchman even tried to be discreet by using a pseudonym. As if that was going to work.
Like a true motorsports glutton, new dad/old racer Verstappen spent his two-week break from F1 at the Nürburgring behind the wheel of a Ferrari 296 GT3 car. Although Verstappen conducted similar vehicle testing last year, this time he pretended to be someone else, using the alias “Franz Hermann.”
According ot Motorsport.com, the holiday hot laps at the Ring weren’t a surprise. Verstappen owns the eponymous Verstappen.com race team, which competes in the GT World Challenge. The European racing series will find itself at the Nürburgring in late August. Verstappen’s recent non-F1 excursion, however, was part of the test and setup sessions for the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie club racing.
The championship racer has regularly communicated that his interests extend beyond F1, especially after one of his most important wins yet: being a first-time dad.
“I come here, do the best I can, go home, do other stuff, then go to the next race, try to do the best I can and go home again,” Verstappen told ESPN earlier this month.
“Like, true experience over the years, you know what to do and what not to do,” he added. “And just divide your energy also, a bit into other things … Because at the end of the day, Formula 1 is not your whole life. It’s just [a] small part.”
So, what does Verstappen’s GT test day in Germany mean? Absolutely nothing and possibly everything. Which translates to Red Bull boss Christian Horner essentially responding with, “No big deal.” And the story didn’t change even after Verstappen decided to come clean about his GT side hustle.
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