Max Verstappen races Australian V8 Supercar: ‘A lot of fun’
The four-time champion has praised his first drive of a V8 Supercar, and has opened the possibility of a future start at Bathurst.
Four-time F1 world champion Max Verstappen has driven a V8 Supercar in anger for the first time as part of a new Red Bull and Ford promotional video.
Verstappen and Arvid Lindblad, driver for Red Bull F1’s sister team Racing Bulls, got behind the wheel of a fleet of Ford road and race cars, from the 1924 Model T and 1966 GT40 MkII to the new 2026 Mustang Dark Horse SC sports car.
The F1 stars went head-to-head in a series of challenges before a ‘showdown’ between Lindblad in a Mustang GT3 – similar to what is set to race in the Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race next month – and Verstappen in a Mustang Supercar.
The Supercar is wrapped in an F1-inspired Red Bull Ampol Racing livery, the factory team which will move back to Ford for the 2026 Supercars season, having raced Holden Commodores and, later, Chevrolet Camaros since 2010.
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Red Bull Racing and its sister team, Racing Bulls, will move away from Honda-based engines to work with Ford for the 2026 F1 season.
The showdown, a two-lap battle for the fastest time, saw the Mustang GT3 beat its Supercar counterpart by three seconds.
“I had a lot of fun. I was just… I was, like, smiling,” Verstappen said of his experience.
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The Dutch F1 champion has since expressed his interest in racing a Supercar at Bathurst.
In years gone by, several F1 drivers have tasted a Supercar. Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo, who makes a surprise cameo in the video, has driven Holden and Nissan V8 Supercars while racing in F1.
The list also includes Pierre Gasly, Jack Doohan, Sergio Perez, Liam Lawson, and, in a separate outing, Lindblad.
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