Max Verstappen insists on wanting to compete in Le Mans 24 Hours one day and wishes to race alongside Fernando Alonso.
It is no surprise that Red Bull’s Verstappen has been wanting to race in WEC’s Le Mans 24 Hours after he is done with F1. The Dutchman reiterated that during the Honda Thanks Day at Motegi when he was asked about the different racing in display.
Verstappen has already driven GT and touring cars as practice runs in off-season, but the desire is to race in Le Mans 24 Hours alongside Alonso, who has won the race with Toyota during his small stint in WEC. He doesn’t have much interest in IndyCar, though.
He would like to try the MotoGP too. “For sure I would like to try a MotoGP bike,” said Verstappen. “I enjoy Super GT. I got to try one last year, which was very nice. The Super Formula cars, they’re very nice. It’s the fastest car below Formula 1, they look great.
“But Le Mans, I would definitely like to do. I’ve been there already, when my dad used to race in Le Mans. The atmosphere is amazing in endurance – so many people, driving through the night, sunrise. I think it’s really cool.
“I’ve been speaking to Fernando about it. He said he said he would only want to do it with me again. So I was like, wow, that would be really cool. The only thing is that, for Le Mans, there is not like a minimum weight for the driver.
“I’m quite a heavy driver, so I’d need to find light teammates to compensate. But Fernando is quite light, so it would be quite good. But we’d need to find another one, so I need to have a look,” summed up Verstappen.
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