Max Verstappen will return to his karting roots on September 16 for a singular exhibition occasion, making an attempt to overhaul 100 opponents in a single race at Silverstone.
Not the way in which we wished it to finish. Hope you all nonetheless loved the race, you’ve been wonderful all weekend. Thanks Zandvoort for all these really particular years 🙏 pic.twitter.com/5KmB8Mjch4
— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) August 23, 2026
Dubbed ‘Max vs 100’, the spectacle will function 101 go-karts on a monitor custom-designed by former youth karting World Champion David Terrien.
Verstappen will begin in the back of the grid. He’s aiming to chop by means of visitors consisting of sports activities stars, content material creators, and followers.
The driving force lineup contains Purple Bull athletes like ultrarunner Arda Saatci and mountain biker Matt Jones, alongside standard streamers Caedrel, TheGrefg, and TheDonato.
Take a look at driver Sebastian Job evaluated the idea throughout shakedown trials. He famous the dimensions of the problem forward for the Purple Bull driver.
“I feel to overhaul 100 vehicles goes to be extraordinarily troublesome,” Job stated. “In the present day we did it with 50, and even that was a problem to do it within the allotted time. He’s bought his work lower out for him large time.”
Verstappen downplayed the stress whereas trying ahead to the wheel-to-wheel motion.
“In go-karts you study all of the fundamentals: begins, defending, overtaking,” Verstappen defined.
“In fact, I spent a protracted interval of my life go-karting, so it’s all the time good to return. It’s about understanding the grip of the go-kart.
“I’ve carried out so a few years in go-karting that you simply fairly naturally get again into issues.”
Requested what he was trying ahead to most through the multi-kart battle, Verstappen added: “Simply seeing the carnage unfold in entrance of me.”
The occasion can be broadcast reside globally on Disney+ on September 16. Reside streaming can be out there on the ESPN App in america forward of a delayed tv broadcast on ESPN2.
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