Vettel will drive the 2011 RB7 car in which he won the world championship that year, while Ricciardo will drive an RB8 from the following season. It will be the first time F1 cars have raced at this site in ten years.
Ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, Verstappen said the idea of competing at the “Red Bull Formula Nürburgring” was briefly discussed with Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko before being quickly scrapped. “I wanted to do it, but Helmut wouldn’t let me”explained Verstappen. “He knew I would try to push the negotiations forward. I would have liked to do that. »
But Verstappen admitted that despite the importance he holds at Red Bull, he didn’t see too much point in continuing. “I didn’t want to create unnecessary problems”he explained. “I heard about this and Helmut was sitting at the table when it came up and he said, ‘No, no, no, you’re not going to do that!’ »
Verstappen would have tried to aim for the lap record
While Vettel and Ricciardo’s demo runs were for entertainment only, the two-time world champion admitted he was trying to break the lap record.
The current record on the Nordschleife is held by Timo Bernhard, who drove the lap in 5:19.55 seconds at the wheel of the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo in 2018, beating the previous record from 1983. “I would have definitely tried”smiled the Dutchman.
When asked about the car he would have liked to drive at the German circuit, he assured: “It would have been great to drive in an F1 car. But if that weren’t possible, then maybe in a GT3 car. »
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