{"id":202384,"date":"2025-06-21T11:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T11:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202384\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T11:16:10","slug":"max-verstappen-reveals-the-track-far-too-dangerous-for-f1-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202384\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen reveals the track \u2018far too dangerous\u2019 for F1 return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Max Verstappen has recently been getting to grips with the Nurburgring\u00a0Nordschleife circuit as \u2018Franz Hermann\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, the reigning four-time World Champion ruled out the idea of ever going racing there as a Formula 1 driver, arguing that the track is \u201cfar too dangerous\u201d for such an event to ever be resurrected.<\/p>\n

Max Verstappen rules out F1 Nordschleife return<\/p>\n

The Nordschleife track hosting German Grand Prix action can be traced to the inaugural Formula 1 season in 1950, but the 1976 staging proved F1\u2019s final time using the circuit nicknamed \u2018the Green Hell\u2019 by three-time World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart, with subsequent grands prix at the Nurburgring using the GP-Strecke circuit \u2013 a shorter, modern variation constructed in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n

But Verstappen<\/a> has recently been in action around the Nordschleife, conducting a Ferrari 296 GT3 test under the disguise of \u2018Franz Hermann\u2019, who struck again in a further, virtual appearance at Spa-Francorchamps.<\/p>\n

That even led to a merchandising opportunity for Verstappen, who marked the emergence of his alter ego with a pair of scale model cars, carrying the \u2018Franz Hermann\u2019 name, available for pre-order on Verstappen\u2019s website, with estimated arrivals in November 2025.<\/p>\n

And in a\u00a0Formule 1 Magazine <\/strong>interview, Verstappen was asked how he would feel about swapping GT3 for Formula 1 machinery in a return to racing around the Nordschleife for the series.<\/p>\n

He responded: \u201cThat\u2019s really not going to happen with the Formula 1 cars we have now, I\u2019m afraid.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith GT3 speed it is okay and still doable. I have seen old footage now and then, also of Formula 1 on the Nordschleife.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing is for sure: F1 there, that will never happen again. Far too dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

More on F1 tracks past and present<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc49 Revealed: The 19 FIA Grade 1 circuits not currently used by Formula 1<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc49 Six forgotten Grand Prix circuits that Formula 1 used to race on<\/a><\/p>\n

Verstappen won the most recent Formula 1 German Grand Prix, held in 2019 at the Hockenheimring, while 2020 was the latest example of Formula 1 racing in Germany as the N\u00fcrburgring hosted the Eifel Grand Prix, a one-off addition to the calendar after the Covid-19 pandemic triggered widespread alterations.<\/p>\n

Verstappen has gone on to establish himself as one of the greatest drivers Formula 1 has seen, winning his first World Championship in 2021 and embarking on a run of four in a row, as he chases a fifth in F1 2025.<\/p>\n

But, with 10 rounds of the season gone, he has work to do, Verstappen currently P3 in the standings<\/a>, 43 points behind Oscar Piastri in top spot.<\/p>\n

Read next: How Sergio Perez cost Nico Hulkenberg a Red Bull seat alongside Verstappen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen has recently been getting to grips with the Nurburgring\u00a0Nordschleife circuit as \u2018Franz Hermann\u2019. However, the reigning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[4199,707,4200,225,1073,12,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-202384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-f1","9":"tag-formula-1","10":"tag-formula1","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-max-verstappen","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114721075093661120","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}