Max to join Supercars grid as wildcard for Eseries

Published on 13 April 2020 by Niels Hendrix

Max Verstappen will race for Red Bull in the second round of the Supercars All Stars Eseries. He will line up as a wildcard in the second round of the Supercars Eseries in a Holden Commodore. Using #33, Max’ virtual Supercar will sport a similar livery to his 2020 Aston Martin Red Bull Racing F1 car.

Max will compete online against Supercars’ best on tracks he knows well - Silverstone and Barcelona - famous circuits on the F1 calendar. Max is a regular simracer and has been extremely active in iRacing competitions against professional drivers in the coronavirus-induced stoppage of real-life racing.

Despite Supercars not being one of his go-to iRacing Series, Max says he’s looking forward to taking on the Supercars drivers this Wednesday: “I’m looking forward to the race. It’s going to be a challenge as it’s not a car I’ve driven a lot on the sim, but they are pretty cool to watch in real life. We always race with Supercars in Melbourne so it’s going to be interesting to see how I get on against all the regular drivers.”

Max continues: “I’ve tried the Supercar now a few times on iRacing and it’s a very tricky car to get right. I’m looking forward to racing alongside my mate Shane (van Gisbergen), or Pastor, as I call him – he’s a top shunter on the sim! (laughs) We race online a lot together so hopefully we can do well for Red Bull and it should be a bit of fun racing against the other V8 drivers as well.”

The #33 Red Bull Holden of Verstappen will compete in four races on Wednesday night, two at Silverstone and two at Barcelona.

International fans will be given the chance to tune in live on Red Bull TV and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/supercarschampionship/
The second round starts this Wednesday 15 April at 11.00 CET.