Protected against himself
In September, Red Bull Racing will be at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife to unleash Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo in two old F1 cars. Max Verstappen is not there and Dr. Helmut Marko for his reasons.
On September 9, Formula 1 cars will return to action on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife for the first time in ten years. Then former Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo are allowed on the track in the RB7 and RB8 respectively. De Groene Hel will probably not get a new lap record, because you can bet that the gentlemen will have to hold back a bit. In addition, the time that Timo Bernhard set in a modified Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo (5:19) is very sharp.
Max Verstappen would have made a shot at it anyway, whether it was allowed or not, thinks Red Bull CEO Helmut Marko. That is precisely the reason that he does not want to put Verstappen behind the wheel on September 9. “We all know Max. First he would check what the record is and then he wouldn’t want to break it by just a second. Those cars are just not suitable for chasing records. It’s too dangerous,” said Marko. Auto, Motor and Sport-journalist Tobi Gruner.
Verstappen himself previously indicated that Marko put a stop to it. The Austrian’s concerns were not unjustified: “I certainly had a shot at it, but you don’t want to do that on demo tires. You need good tires. Hopefully it will be possible one day,” he said. Motorsport.com up last week. The two-time world champion himself was not worried that it could be dangerous: “It just depends on how you hit the crash barriers. It is also dangerous here (Canada, ed.).”
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