Verstappen has revealed he was not allowed to join Red Bull's Nurburgring Nordschleife F1 run later this year. 'I was not allowed by Helmut. He knew that I would try and go to the limits.'
that four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has signed up to run alongside Daniel Ricciardo at a special event at the famous track in September.
"I wanted to do it, but I was not allowed by Helmut," explained Verstappen."He knew that I would try and go to the limits. I would have loved to do it." While the demo runs for Vettel and Ricciardo are purely for show, Verstappen has admitted that the temptation would have been there at the run to try to go for a lap record attempt.The current all-time record around the Nordschleife is held by Timo Bernhard, who lapped in 5m19.55s in a Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo in 2018.
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