Yesterday at 11:30
Max Verstappen seems to have sparked the 'GT virus' in the F1
paddock after the Dutchman competed in the Nurburgring
Langstrecken-Series to get his category A license for the
Nordschleife. To do so, he had to drive a rebuilt Porsche Cayman
GT4. But not only the Red Bull driver took a GT car onto the track
in the gap between the Italian and Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Williams
team principal James Vowles decided to put a McLaren 720s GT3 EVO
through its paces. To do so, the Briton travelled to the Circuito
de Navarra in Los Arcos, Spain. The McLaren GT3 is a ferocious
beast. The 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbo engine propels the car with
around 740 hp, good for a top speed of around 340 km/h. Vowles
shared a photo on Instagram in racing attire with the caption:
"Spent a fantastic two days at the Circuito de Navarra in Spain.
Mostly dry and a great technical circuit. I was driving a McLaren
720s GT3 Evo with Garage59. It was great to be back with a team
that I have a strong history with. "I was rusty to start, it's
been a few years out of a GT3 but very happy with where we ended up
after two days of testing. "I had to hang up most of my
engineering brain and focus on driving - and loved every second..."
The question now is who will be the next driver or team boss to
step into a GT3 car? The candidate pool seems to be growing thanks
to the renewed popularity of the class. View James Vowles'
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