Max Verstappen eager for future Le Mans entry with his father Jos

Max Verstappen says he would like to race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the🐈 future alongside his father, Jos꧟.

Aston Martin announced last week that it would be returning to the top category at Le Mans in 2021, entering the Red Bull-designed Valkyrie car to the new hypercar-led class that will replace LMP🌞1.

Max Verstappen eager for future Le Mans entry with his dad

Max Verstappenꦰ says he would like to race at the 24 Hoꦛurs of Le Mans in the future alongside his father, Jos.

Aston Martin announced last week that it would be returning to the top category at Le Mans in 2021, entering the Red ꧅Bull-designed Valkyrie car to the new hypercar-led class that will replace LMP1.

While Red Bull is yet ꦕto be announced as a partner for the programme, it is understood the possibility of its F1 drivers linking up with Aston Mar💜tin for the race in the future has been raised.

Asked by wuqian0821.com about racing in the Valkyrie at Le Mans, Verstappen s🐓aid it had not been discussed with him, but that he would like to do the race with his father, Jos.

“Well we haven't talked about it, but yes, my desire is to do Le Mans one day,” Verstappen sai꧒d at Paul Ric﷽ard on Thursday.

“W✅hen it happens, I don't know. I'm talking to my dad as well, so he needs to train a bit! If I want to do Le Mans, I would like to d🧔o it with my dad.”

Jos Verstappen made two appearances at Le Mans in the past, winning the LMP2 class in 2008 with the Dutch Van Merksteijn Motorsport team. He also appeared in 2009 for Aston Martin Racing in a Lola-built LMP1 car, finishing𓄧 13th ove꧟rall.

“I've waꦕtched it a lot, I've been there when my dad was driving. I think it's a very cool race,” Vers🐬tappen said of Le Mans.

“What I like is that you have so many different cars in categories, going through the traffic and stuff, especially in the night. I♕ find that it is♑ really amazing to drive.

“I've done one myself online! It's a lot of fun. I couldn't ge🐻t enough of the night driving.”

Aston Martin CEO Aܫndy Palmer told wuqian0821.com at Le Mans that he was expecting a significant amount of interest in driving the Valkyrie at Le Mans, making mention of F1 drivers crossing over to the endurance race such as Fernando Alonso, who clinched his second Le Mans win on Sunday.

"I don’t think we’re going to have a shortage of ꧒drivers volunteer🉐ing to drive for us - quite the opposite, I suspect," Palmer said.

"What you want is drivers with ambition, don’t you? And there’s a lot of F1 drivers out there, like Aꦚlonso, that dream🔯 of having the big three.

"I imagine that’s an appealing proposition to some of them, and might be an appealing prꦗoposition for us. But we’re a long way from signing drivers yet."

Asked i💛f he could do Le Mans while still racing in F1, Verstappen said it would be possible.

“If it d♕oesn't clash. You saw Nico [Hulkenberg] do ▨it, and he won it,” the Dutchman said.

“Of course I always want to win, but there's luck involved as well. It's such a long and crazy race. A lot of🥀 things can happen.”

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