Purple Bull workforce principal Christian Horner says is free to let off steam in different motorsport collection, however reaffirmed that the Dutchman’s “focus needs to be” on Formulation 1 following a secret take a look at on the Nurburgring final week.
Verstappen drove Emil Frey Racing’s 296 GT3 automotive throughout a take a look at at Nurburgring’s Nordschleife at an official Nurburgring Endurance Sequence take a look at, and .
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The four-time world champion reportedly set a brand new lap file on the formidable circuit throughout his take a look at, which raised questions on his future ambitions to enter occasions such because the Nurburgring 24 Hours.
“He is so versatile and he is so obsessed with all types of racing: sim racing, GT racing – he has his personal GT workforce, successfully,” Horner informed Sky Sports activities following first observe at .
“He was very eager to run on the Nurburgring. It is one thing we have identified about for fairly a while. He went there and did an unimaginable job and actually loved himself.
“It is what he loves doing and it could be very onerous to take that away from him.”
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Prior to now, F1 drivers repeatedly competed in different occasions throughout totally different collection. Lately received the 2015 iteration of Le Mans 24 Hours and was even granted the chance to overlook the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix in an effort to chase victory on the Indy 500.
However whereas Horner is completely satisfied for Verstappen to flex his muscle groups in GT racers or different classes of motorsport, he drew the road at letting the Dutchman miss an F1 race.
“He isn’t going to overlook a race, that is for certain,” Horner added. “The main target clearly needs to be right here on the day job. However I feel it is nice that he is so versatile. As Purple Bull, we have at all times been barely extra relaxed than maybe different groups when it comes to the liberty that we have given our drivers.
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“However it’s discovering that compromise, discovering that steadiness. Clearly, the precedence is right here. However it’s nice that he is embracing all types of motorsport.”
Because it stands, Verstappen is free to race the place he likes, and his look in a Ferrari at Nurburgring raised various eyebrows within the paddock. Issues may change subsequent 12 months, nonetheless, when Ford comes onboard as technical accomplice at Purple Bull.
With America’s second-largest automaker on aspect, Verstappen may discover that the optics of a Ford-backed driver racing in a Ferrari-powered automotive won’t gel too properly with the American producer.
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