Verstappen will be able to compete in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

      We wrote that Max Verstappen drove a Porsche Cayman at the Nürburgring to obtain a license to compete in the NLS series in more powerful machinery.

      Helmut Marko confirmed that Max Verstappen will be allowed to take part in the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring — the race will take place next year between the Miami and Canadian Grands Prix. At the same time, Verstappen's team will not allow him to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

      Helmut Marko: "Yes, Max will be able to compete in the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring. I think it's great that a Formula 1 driver who, besides racing, has many obligations — simulator work, marketing and PR events — finds time for such an undertaking with great enthusiasm.

      The German procedure, by which the four-time Formula 1 champion must prove that he can lap the circuit in a 240-hp Porsche, is unique, but Max accepted the obligation to undergo this test. I think he did 1,000 laps of the Nürburgring on the simulator and arrived prepared.

      No, he won't be able to compete at Le Mans. Le Mans is not part of the program. That's a completely different story; there the speed differences between cars of different classes are too great. For now, of the endurance races he will only be able to do the Nürburgring."