Juan Pablo Montoya thinks pitting the 2026 System 1 drivers in opposition to one another in rental karts can be “extremely enjoyable to see”.
Verstappen took to Silverstone for a singular problem in opposition to 100 drivers, earlier this month.
Racing go-karts on a bespoke circuit, Purple Bull pitted the likes of journalists, presenters and content material creators in opposition to the would possibly of the four-time F1 World Champion.
Ranging from the very again of the pack, Verstappen was given 30 laps to see if he might overtake 100 karts. He did the job in solely 14 laps, overtaking a whopping 63 drivers on the very first lap.
Talking on the MontoyAS podcast, Montoya recommended the Milton-Keynes-based staff on this distinctive initiative.
“It was actually, actually cool, each the occasion itself and the thought behind it,” he mentioned.
“Purple Bull usually does issues within the mountains, within the snow, and on descents. Folks begin on the again and must overtake as many others as potential.
“Generally they do this with downhill or endurance. It’s actually, actually cool.”
Montoya suggests pitting F1 drivers in opposition to one another in karts for “enjoyable”
On paper, pitting somebody like Verstappen in opposition to inexperienced drivers would appear like a write off.
However Montoya argued that navigating by a swarm of drivers, inexperienced or not, is in itself a problem, particularly on a karting observe.
“It’s attention-grabbing to see how a driver handles that,” he added.
“They will drive quick, after all, however they’ll’t simply drive everybody off the observe.”
The previous Williams and McLaren driver then steered your complete present F1 grid to tackle such a problem amongst one another, albeit with out the cameras to actually see the gloves come off.
“Personally, I feel that may be extremely enjoyable to see,” Montoya started.
“It could be very attention-grabbing to place all the present drivers in a rental kart and see who would win.
“Simply flip off the cameras and don’t document something in any respect. In the event you then give them the karts, they’d have an enormous quantity of enjoyable.
“That may be actually cool. It could be actually nice for the drivers. It could be actually good for them.”
Verstappen’s victory at Silverstone was mockingly his first of the season, with the Dutchman unable to tug the RB22 to P1 but in 2026.
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