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Max Verstappen is known to share a fondness for the Nordschleife track, but conceded it will never return to the F1 schedule.
Max Verstappen believes Formula 1 will never return to the Nordschleife due to safety concerns. The historic circuit continues to host various motorsport categories, particularly GT3 endurance competitions. Verstappen recently tested a GT3 car at the Nordschleife under the alias ‘Franz Hermann’. Although F1 last raced at the track in 1976, memories of Niki Lauda’s near-fatal crash linger. Verstappen acknowledged that F1’s current cars are too fast for the Nordschleife, while expressing his preference for a different F1 calendar with fewer races and iconic circuits like Spa-Francorchamps, Zandvoort, Silverstone, Imola, Suzuka, and Brazil.
