Verstappen enjoys F1 weekend off with 24 Hours of Nurburgring victory

[p]The Dutch four-time Formula 1 champion has said he plans to race in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring in May. On Saturday, he split time at the wheel of a Mercedes sporting Red Bull livery with co-drivers Frenchman Jules Gounon and Spaniard Daniel Juncadella.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/verstappen-max/UV3mgeXB/"]Verstappen[/a] was sixth in the F1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix on March 8th before failing to finish in Shanghai last Sunday. He returns to Asia for the Japan Grand Prix next Sunday.[/p][p]Competing in the GT3 class, Verstappen grabbed pole position on the full 24.358-kilometre configuration of the Nuerburgring by nearly two seconds and then helped his team win the race by almost exactly a minute.[/p][embed guid="37fb406b-bf1a-47ee-ba90-5a5ccc6d686a" url="https://x.com/amgmotorsport/status/2035306845410041932?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]