“It was, yeah,” confirmed Verstappen, when requested whether or not his lap was sooner than that file forward of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix this weekend. “However for me I am not there to indicate that I can break a lap file or no matter file, I used to be simply having enjoyable and studying the observe.”
The Nordschleife, often known as the ‘Inexperienced Hell’, hosted Method 1 occasions all through the Fifties and Nineteen Sixties, with the final version going down in 1976 following Niki Lauda’s fiery crash, which almost claimed the three-time World Champion’s life, earlier than a shorter structure was constructed and used for the primary time in 1984.
Whereas Verstappen, who sits third on this 12 months’s F1 Drivers’ standings after six races, had by no means pushed across the infamous 14-mile circuit, he was no stranger to the venue, having sampled it quite a few instances courtesy of his sim racing interest.
“I’ve by no means pushed there in actual life, not even with a street automobile,” he mentioned. “In fact, I did spend a variety of time on the simulator doing hundreds of laps, in order that helped.
