Max Verstappen debuts in Nordschleife this weekend ...and wins his first NLS race

Killed by Death wrote

Those other drivers probably don't comprehend what just hit them. Good job Max. Glad he could do it in a Ferrari

Yeah . It was great and so special to see him win in a Ferrari .

Thank you my friend

Earlier today, Verstappen and his team mate Chris Lulham have won the NLS 4-hour race with their Ferrari 296 GT3. It was their maiden race. They went for gold from the get-go.

They beat Christian Krognes, the Nürburgring pro driver who still holds the lap record clocked in 2022 ...for now.

Max clocked the fastest lap of all 108 competing cars: 7:51.514, close to the lap record (7:49.578).



Race results (first page of 12):
https://news.verstappen.com/pdf/2025/2025-09-27_NLS9_Race.pdf

Here is the full race, if anyone cares:

M5Rick wrote

Look at the crowd just wanting for MAX and that perfect picture or two, he's like a Hollywood star there.

And Jos Verstappen is the 2025 Belgian Rally Champion (!)

Artemis wrote

They beat Christian Krognes, the Nürburgring pro driver who still holds the lap record clocked in 2022 ...for now.

Max clocked the fastest lap of all 108 competing cars: 7:51.514, close to the lap record (7:49.578).

usually lap records are set during qualifying when the fuel is low and the tyres are new. his lap was set during the race. so expect more lower time in ideal conditions. or maybe fuel and tire doesn't matter as much at the Ring 24h config due to it being such a long "lap". most lap records are like around the 1 min mark where fuel and tire probably makes more difference. but there should still be a difference if everything is ideal. inc no cars blocking.

afadeev wrote

Here is the full race, if anyone cares:

Race start: from 48:00 onwards.

Verstappen went straight for the kill: P3 to P1 in the first corner and that was it + fastest lap (lap 5).

///M Power-Belgium wrote

And Jos Verstappen is the 2025 Belgian Rally Champion (!)

Brilliant rally campaign from the Jos Skoda team, whoop whoop

///M Power-Belgium wrote

Yeah . It was great and so special to see him win in a Ferrari .

Thank you my friend

The winners have SIX more times champagne bottles to enjoy than the skinflint F1 gives them

We all know "the best" when we see it, whether we want to admit it or not.

^^ Sehr gut!

The side quest has stated very well for him. He needs to win the 24 hr now.

M5Rick wrote

^^ Sehr gut!

MAX onboard in his fastest lap. Witnessing a race legend (!)

///M Power-Belgium wrote

MAX onboard in his fastest lap. Witnessing a race legend (!)

What a performance! Mind you I could help with the sqealy brakes

Max Verstappen has just said they are looking at changing from Ferrari 296 GT3 to Porsche 911 GT3 R - verstappen dot com are currently in talks with Porsche - probably for marketing contracts?? not sure why you need to talk otherwise - just buy the car?

G30M wrote

Max Verstappen has just said they are looking at changing from Ferrari 296 GT3 to Porsche 911 GT3 R - verstappen dot com are currently in talks with Porsche - probably for marketing contracts?? not sure why you need to talk otherwise - just buy the car?

If Porsche is prepared to give Team Verstappen its GT3 cars + spare parts as quid pro quo for free publicity, improving its chances to get top results thanks to Team Verstappen with Max as brand ambassador: why not ?

Max is not only interested in the Nürburgring 24h race, but very likely also in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Le Mans 1983:


Helmut Marko (yes, him) won the 1971 Le Mans race with the Dutchman Gijs van Lennep in a Porsche 917 KH.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans