Why Verstappen's Nurburgring adventure was a successful failure

About this episode

The episode discusses Max Verstappen's near-victory at the Nurburgring and its implications for his future in F1 racing.

While his F1 colleagues were putting their feet up and enjoying a weekend without racing, Max Verstappen was at the Nurburgring taking part in one of the most demanding 24-hour events in the world - and coming ever so close to taking victory on debut. But what can we learn from the Dutchman's near-miss and what do his latest exploits away from F1 tell us about his future in grand prix racing? Edd Straw is joined by a sleep-starved Josh Suttill, still at the Nurburgring, to answer those questions and more... Get bonus F1 podcasts, extra content and ad-free listening, sign-up to The Race Members' Club on Patreon today . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Edd Straw

Guest: Josh Suttill

Topics covered

• Max Verstappen
• Nurburgring
• F1 racing
• success and failure
• future of racing

Keywords

• Max Verstappen
• Nurburgring
• F1
• 24-hour race
• grand prix racing

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Places: Nurburgring

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