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Max Verstappen missed out on winning Race 2 of the Qualifiers for the 24 Hours of Nürburgring after his Mercedes developed technical issues.
Max Verstappen missed out on winning Race 2 of the Qualifiers for the 24 Hours of Nurburgring after his Mercedes developed technical issues. The Dutchman has been utilising the five-week-long F1 ‘Spring Break’ to explore his interests in GT racing. The Red Bull driver entered the second qualifying race for the 24 hour endurance race at the ‘Green Hell’, on Sunday. Over the course of the first pit stop, the 28-year-old was able to stretch his lead over Hesse’s #16 Audi to a whopping 30 seconds. However, Verstappen’s car soon after developed splitter issues forcing the four-time F1 World Champion into the pits and out of contention for the overall race win. Towards the chequered flag, a battle for the win developed between Audi, Lamborghini and the #911 Porsche entered by Manthey Racing with the trio finishing in the same order. Before the race, a minute’s silence was held to mark the passing of Juha Miettinen, who was tragically killed in a horrific multi-car crash early on in the first qualifying race on Saturday night.
