Max Verstappen Denied Nürburgring Victory After Disqualification For Tyre Blunder

Max Verstappen took a break from a frustrating Formula One play by driving successful a four-hour title astatine nan Nürburgring successful Germany connected Saturday wherever he won only to beryllium disqualified.

The Dutch four-time Formula One champion has said he plans to title successful nan 24 Hours of Nürburgring successful May.

Competing successful nan GT3 class, Verstappen grabbed rod position connected nan afloat 24.358km configuration of nan Nürburgring by astir 2 seconds.

Splitting clip pinch co-drivers Frenchman Jules Gounon and Spaniard Daniel Juncadella astatine nan instrumentality of a Mercedes sporting Red Bull livery and tally by nan Winward team, Verstappen helped steer his car to triumph by almost precisely a infinitesimal earlier officials intervened.

The car was disqualified for utilizing 7 sets of tyres during nan race. Only six are permitted.

“The disqualification is reliable to take,” Winward squad principal, Christian Hohenadel, told Motorsport.com. “Unfortunately, we made an soul correction that near nan stewards pinch nary prime but to exclude nan winning car.”

Verstappen was sixth successful nan season-opening Australian Grand Prix earlier failing to decorativeness successful Shanghai past Sunday. He returns to Asia for nan Japan Grand Prix adjacent weekend.