Max Verstappen caused a sensation last week with an exit on the Nordschleife at the Nürburgring. The Formula 1 world champion climbed into a Ferrari sports car under the pseudonym “Franz Hermann” and heated up with full throttle over the notorious circuit in the Eifel. Criticism of the campaign bounces off the F1 superstar.
Even a few days after the rapid sports car test drive in the Ferrari 296 GT3 on the Nordschleife, The one from the route channel nürburgring.tv accompanied by a helicopter flight with the camera and broadcast on YouTube on WednesdayMax Verstappen or Franz Hermann was still a big topic of conversation.
On Thursday before the next race weekend in Formula 1 in Imola, the Dutch spoke again about his campaign, which he himself had “had fun”.
“This is my passion, and in the end it is my private life,” said the four-time F1 world champion about the criticism of his jaunt on the Nürburgring.
Formula 1: Ralf Schumacher spoke of “not very intelligent” action
Previously, Ralf Schumacher had spoke up and spoke in a “Sky” podcast of a “not very intelligent” excursion of the 27-year-old. “If I were a team boss, I would have asked Verstappen if he still had his cups in the cupboard in the right order,” said Ralf Schumacher, referring to the risk of accidents on the famous Nordschleife, which was described by Schumacher as “dangerous”.
Verstappen had surprisingly appeared on the route on the training day of the Nürburgring Long-distance series (NLS) on the training day of the Nürburgring. The Red Bull Pilot had registered specially under the pseudonym “Franz Hermann” to avoid possible hype.
“This is just a very German name,” said Verstappen with a laugh. He assured that he was even faster than the current round record for class sports cars, which he also piled up last Friday. “But that’s why I wasn’t there. I wanted to have fun. We had a good time,” assured the current World Cup third in the driver’s ranking of Formula 1.