Max Verstappen failed to win the British Grand Prix on Sunday and he is already back in action behind the wheel.
Max Verstappen has admitted that he ‘couldn’t get out’ of participating in the Goodwood Festival of Speed for the first time this weekend, with the Red Bull star one of many team members taking part in the on-track.
This year’s Goodwood is a special one for the Milton Keynes-based team, who are celebrating 20 years of Red Bull in F1 by launching their RB17 hypercar project, which was the pet project of Adrian Newey and has been completed ahead of his departure at the end of the 2024 season.
Celebrating Red Bull’s impressive milestones will be their current driver pairing of Sergio Perez and Verstappen, while David Coulthard, Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo will be among the raft of former drivers also in action on the Goodwood tarmac.
However, Verstappen’s presence will be out of necessity. Asked by Viaplay about his upcoming festival debut, he said: “It’s always great to see nice cars. Of course, I’d prefer to have a weekend off but I couldn’t get out of this. So we’re going to make the best of it.”
Red Bull aren’t the only F1 team with a presence at the 2024 festival. The W12 – the final Mercedes challenger of the turbo-hybrid era – will be in action on the Hill, while Ferrari’s 1961 and 2001 cars will also be on the track. Williams will be present with their FW26 machine, while the legendary McLaren MP4/4 is also in line for a run-out.
Accompanying these machines will be an array of F1 drivers and stars from the F1 feeder series ladder. Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant will both be behind the wheel at Goodwood, while Mercedes’ test and reserve driver Frederik Vesti is also making his first appearance at the event.
Jack Doohan, who has been heavily linked with the second Alpine seat for 2025, will be present alongside fellow juniors Kush Maini and Sophia Floersch, while Fernando Alonso will be in the cockpit as Aston Martin debuts the Valiant on Friday.
