That’s genuinely an insane lineup, Lulham of course still has a lot to learn, but Juncadella and then Gounon in endurance events is a really really good lineup
Max told that they began in Gold and they finished first and now are trying pro class. Was in an interview of the Red Bull Podcast if i remember correctly
Not sure how that would work. Their GTWC Entry will be operated by 2 Seas Motorsport, they have never been to the Nordschleife though and I doubt they really want to right now. It's really hard to do the N24, especially for non German teams. They obviously have a huge testing advantage and basically no other series races on the Nordschleife except NLS and the N24. The last non German team that won the N24 was WRT back in 2015.
So either he will use a different manufacturer for the N24 or they will have to find a different team to operate a car for them, which shouldn't be too hard since there are plenty and Max is a huge name. I wouldn't say that their NLS participation is confirmed though solely on them being in GTWC.
Man wird also sehen, ob Verstappen 2026 auf der Nordschleife antritt. Dort soll der Einsatz vom aus der DTM bekannten Team Winward durchgeführt werden.
It is not set in stone that Verstappen gonna race the Nordschleife in 2026 but if so the well known DTM Team Winward would be the operating team for that.
Verstappen's team has been in the championship since last year, with little support from his (F1) fans. They seem to only care about him, and not his team.
Well more people usually means more toxic people as well, there isn't a single fan base that doesn't have toxic people.
It's still overall benefital to the series though. More people means more spectators, more money for the sponsors and more engagement on social media. That's a win-win-win situation. People feared the same thing when Rossi arrived and it wasn't that bad, since Max isn't driving I doubt it will be any different.
Who even uses that sub though it's always been dead. This sub here has become the de facto sportscar & endurance racing sub for everything non IMSA which has their own sub. So rather feel sorry for this sub when we have the N24h race thread.
With Gounon and Juncadella I assume they’re running the Mercedes all season and not split across manufacturers like this year with Aston and the Ferrari?
Hell of a line up with the ever impressive and ever improving Lulham in there too
Chris Lulham and Dani Juncadella will race in Sprint Cup, joined by Jules Gounon for the Endurance events.
That’s genuinely an insane lineup, Lulham of course still has a lot to learn, but Juncadella and then Gounon in endurance events is a really really good lineup
Juncadella is a Platinum driver right? Does that mean that they will race in Pro class?
They'll all be gold or platinum next year so yes.
Correct, Gounon is also platinum I believe so yes they’ll race in the Pro class
Max told that they began in Gold and they finished first and now are trying pro class. Was in an interview of the Red Bull Podcast if i remember correctly
Juncadella literally doing Corvette in WEC LMGT3, and then doing Genesis in Hypercar and now Mercedes in GTWC...
Mr. Worldwide, really.
Hyundai hasn’t come GT class yet, so I think it’s fine for him.
Juncadella was still a Mercedes driver last year
Isn't he also a simulator driver for Aston Martin in F1?
Toto: Max is finally racing in a Mercedes!
man's about to bust a huge pumpernickle
It's all coming together
Pretty sure that is also the case for the Nordschleife NLS.
Not sure how that would work. Their GTWC Entry will be operated by 2 Seas Motorsport, they have never been to the Nordschleife though and I doubt they really want to right now. It's really hard to do the N24, especially for non German teams. They obviously have a huge testing advantage and basically no other series races on the Nordschleife except NLS and the N24. The last non German team that won the N24 was WRT back in 2015.
So either he will use a different manufacturer for the N24 or they will have to find a different team to operate a car for them, which shouldn't be too hard since there are plenty and Max is a huge name. I wouldn't say that their NLS participation is confirmed though solely on them being in GTWC.
It is not set in stone that Verstappen gonna race the Nordschleife in 2026 but if so the well known DTM Team Winward would be the operating team for that.
German source (imo credible): https://www.motorsport-total.com/24-stunden-vom-nuerburgring/news/gt-team-von-max-verstappen-bestaetigt-wechsel-zu-mercedes-amg-25122401
I'm glad to hear Winward is coming back to the Nordschleife, they haven't been back since 2018 I believe.
They never left, they run the Mann Filter car.Edit: I'm stupid and got the Nürburgring GTWC race mixed up with the NLS
The last time a Mann Filter car was at the Nurburgring 24 was in 2022 and it was entered by Team Landgraf
You may be mixing it up with Spa
Thanks for the link :)
I already see the headlines on some news outlets: “VERSTAPPEN TO MERCEDES CONFIRMED”
Gonna feel bad for this and r/sportscar_racing page when those toxic fanbase of his and F1 arrive in drove
Verstappen's team has been in the championship since last year, with little support from his (F1) fans. They seem to only care about him, and not his team.
I think he means the Mercedes Fan, who wants Verstappen to drive for there F1 team
Well more people usually means more toxic people as well, there isn't a single fan base that doesn't have toxic people.
It's still overall benefital to the series though. More people means more spectators, more money for the sponsors and more engagement on social media. That's a win-win-win situation. People feared the same thing when Rossi arrived and it wasn't that bad, since Max isn't driving I doubt it will be any different.
Who even uses that sub though it's always been dead. This sub here has become the de facto sportscar & endurance racing sub for everything non IMSA which has their own sub. So rather feel sorry for this sub when we have the N24h race thread.
Yeah its this sub's discord that is gonna get shitted up when they race lol.
Behold, the gatekeeper
Gatekeeping is necessary to some extent in every community.
In my community it isn't, but you wouldn't understand
Lol very naive of you to think
The toxic "fans" won't watch anything else than f1 so it will be fine.
The majority isnt loud enough to drown the minority of toxic fans out.
Persecutory delusion
This is going to be his 4th season supporting / running an entry, I personally haven’t seen anything toxic to this point
What bout Gounon in the Alpine hyper car?
He’s a Mercedes GT driver and Alpine Hypercar driver. Same as last year
Max, zis is Toto
Here come the rumours. How may people will predict Max to Mercedes for 2027
so is this an IRL team or is htis his sim team?
IRL GT3 team
Wish they were in the stang :(
I just made the livery in iRacing if anyone wants to use it.
https://www.tradingpaints.com/showroom/view/1053334/Verstappencom-Racing-AMG-GT3-
With Gounon and Juncadella I assume they’re running the Mercedes all season and not split across manufacturers like this year with Aston and the Ferrari?
Hell of a line up with the ever impressive and ever improving Lulham in there too
Toto came in his pants hearing this. It's one step closer to signing Max.
Wow, as if Mercedes didn’t win 7 titles already lol