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<\/a><\/p>\nMax Verstappen, Miami GP 2026
\u00a9 Red Bull<\/p>\n
Germany has not hosted a Formula 1 grand prix since 2020 and currently has only one driver on the grid – Nico Hulkenberg.<\/p>\n
Glock says the decline has been dramatic.<\/p>\n
Nobody spoke about this until Max Verstappen came, he said.<\/p>\n
Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Nico Rosberg and anyone else grew up with an important contribution from German motorsport, but now we are no longer in favour of anything.<\/p>\n
It’s dramatic and a result of politics in Germany unfortunately.<\/p>\n
We don’t even have a German GP anymore.<\/p>\n
The four-time world champion’s participation in the Nurburgring 24 Hours created unprecedented demand, with the event selling out completely for the first time in its history.<\/p>\n
Max is responsible for ensuring that everything is sold out here, Glock said.<\/p>\n
It’s the first time in the history of the 24-hour race that everything is sold out.<\/p>\n
That’s just beautiful. For me, this is really a sign for motorsport.<\/p>\n
Glock also contrasted Verstappen’s obsession with racing against the behaviour of most current Formula 1 drivers.<\/p>\n
The best example was that all the other Formula 1 drivers in New York were in front of the premiere of the F1 film, while Max was driving a GT3 car in Spa, he said.<\/p>\n
That shows how he experiences motorsport and how intensively he handles everything.<\/p>\n
I don’t know how he does this with 24 Formula 1 grands prix.<\/p>\n
Verstappen’s speed immediately stunned experienced GT drivers. He works so hard and is working on the details to make the car better, Glock said.<\/p>\n
Then he steps in here and he’s ridiculously fast. He knows how to read the traffic so well. It’s really great.<\/p>\n
Speaking to RTL, Glock said Germany effectively owes Verstappen a debt for restoring global attention to the Nurburgring and Nordschleife.<\/p>\n
We all have to kneel before him here in Germany, he said.<\/p>\n
See how many times the Nordschleife and the Nurburgring have been mentioned worldwide in recent months and how much attention the event is getting.<\/p>\n
We haven’t seen this in Germany for a long time.<\/p>\n
After Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, Max is the only one who really manages to bring German motorsport to the attention again, he said.<\/p>\n
Ironically, Glock’s own Nurburgring weekend ended badly after he lost his Nordschleife licence for speeding under yellow-flag conditions.<\/p>\n
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