David Coulthard identifies what makes Max Verstappen different after Nurburgring 24 Hours debut
Max Verstappen didn’t win the Nurburgring 24 Hours, but he left an impression far beyond the final standings. Driving alongside Daniel Juncadella, Jules Gounon and Lucas Auer, Verstappen had put his team in a strong position before a late ABS issue dropped them down the order.
Photo by Jack Brekelmans/EYE4IMAGES/NurPhoto via Getty Images Max Verstappen didn’t win the Nurburgring 24 Hours, but he left an impression far beyond the final standings. Driving alongside Daniel Juncadella, Jules Gounon and Lucas Auer, Verstappen had put his team in a strong position before a late ABS issue dropped them down the order. Despite finishing 38th, it was Verstappen’s decision to race there at all that caught people’s attention.
It’s rare for active F1 drivers to take on such challenges during the season. Coulthard identifies what sets Verstappen apart from other drivers Coulthard said on his Up To Speed podcast : “That is a scary race track, I’ve been around that. The commitment that is required at the level you need to have to be competitive and to be at the front like they were.
” “Sadly, we reported a couple of weeks ago, there was a driver who lost his life on that very track, due to the nature of the challenge of the race track. “So, we should not sort of just look at it as oh, Max loves driving so much he’s just out having fun on the weekends, if he was doing that, he could go to any of the FIA-regulated tracks that are very similar to the current F1 tracks. “But, to go there (Nurburgring), this is old school commitment, and that’s what sets him apart from the others.
“The others are technically very good racing drivers, there’s no question about it. I would question whether any other driver on the Formula 1 grid right now would accept the challenge to go and race at the Nurburgring. Anyone?