GSP article – Published on Friday, June 20, 2025, 16:16 / Updated on Friday, June 20, 2025:16
Max Verstappen (27 years old), the pilot of Red Bull Racing, believes that Formula 1 will never return to the Nordschleife version of the Nurburgring circuit, due to the high degree of danger.
Even if the formula 1 monopostens have become safer, the risks are maintained, for which the circuits have undergone substantial changes over time. But this is not the case of the German runway.
Impossible for Formula 1 to compete on Nordschleife: “It's too dangerous!”
The en-tite champion of Formula 1, Max Verstappen, argues that the speeds that can be reached by a large circus remain too high for Nordschleife, so that the dispute of a race would present too high dangers.
“This will not happen with the current formula 1 monopostens we have, I am afraid. With the speed of a GT3 is okay and still achievable. I have seen materials from the past and present, even with Formula 1 on Nordschleife.
One thing is for sure: Formula 1 will not get there. It is by far too dangerous, “said Verstappen, quoted by Racingnews365.
Norschleife, nicknamed “green hell”
The Nordschleife section of the German Nuburging is considered by many pilots as the most dangerous in the world, due to the very narrow and narrow corners, existing unevenness, but also due to the protective fence that is mounted very close to the asphalt.
It is no longer known as “green hell”, because of the many fatal accidents that have occurred here over time. In addition, this variant goes almost entirely through a forest, before returning to the Circute itself, by the Grand Prix. Niki Lauda's terrible accident, 1976, took place on Nordschleife.
Max Verstappen was surprised, a month ago, on Nurburgring, under the name of Franz Hermann, at a test session with his own motorsport team. Currently, only endurance and GT competitions are played on the Nurburgring section of Nurburgring.
