Max Verstappen 24h Nurburgring debut with Mercedes after Red Bull livery reveal

Max Verstappen will make his Nurburgring 24 Hours debut in May with Mercedes, swapping Formula 1 for an endurance programme. The plan crystallized after he entered NLS2 on March 21 and built preparation from a 2025 NLS9 victory and a DMSB Permit, so max verstappen 24h nurburgring is confirmed.

Max Verstappen 24h Nurburgring and NLS2 entry

Verstappen will prepare for the 24-hour race by entering NLS2 on March 21 under the number 3, mirroring his F1 entry this season; that formal NLS2 registration is the specific trigger that set the endurance programme in motion and confirms max verstappen 24h nurburgring preparations.

Red Bull and Winward Racing reveal livery with BASE jump

Red Bull will support his programme by providing a livery for the Mercedes AMG-GT3 car that Verstappen will field with Winward Racing, and aerial athlete Max Manow performed a 131-metre BASE jump into a cooling tower to unveil that livery, launching the visual campaign for the effort.

Driver line-up announced with Dani Juncadella, Jules Gounon and Lucas Auer

Verstappen confirmed a multi-driver line-up that includes Dani Juncadella, Jules Gounon and Lucas Auer alongside him, a quartet he described as strong and assembled with support from Red Bull and Mercedes-AMG Motorsport to maximise the team’s race chances.

September 2025 GT3 debut win and permit progress

In September 2025 Verstappen won his first GT3 event on debut in the Nurburgring Endurance Series after qualifying third, seizing the lead and handing a larger advantage to teammate Chris Lulham in the second stint to secure the victory; he also obtained a DMSB Permit Nordschleife that facilitated his Nordschleife programme.

His next confirmed milestone is the NLS2 entry on March 21, which will mark the official start of his on-track preparations ahead of the May 24-hour race.