Sebastien Ogier assures that he would be delighted to receive Max Verstappen so that will test a car from the World Rally Championship (WRC), in case the four-time Formula 1 world champion wanted to add rallying to his new experiences to have all the fun he is not able to achieve with the current F1 engines.
The Frenchman, nine-time WRC world champion, attended the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, where he saw Verstappen, with a Mercedes GT3, fight for victory together with his companions Dani Juncadella, Lucas Auer and Jules Gounon, according to ‘Motorsport.com’.
After the race, Ogier congratulated Max on his speed in a social media post, while suggesting that the Red Bull F1 driver should try rallying, like his father Jos Verstappen has donewho competes in the Belgian Championship. The Red Bull driver answered jokingly: “And you as a teacher?”
During an interview in February on the Up To Speed podcast, Verstappen ruled out the idea of dedicating himself to competitive rallying in the future. “I think it’s really brilliantbut I just think that if I make a mistake and hit that tree, I mean that The tree is not going to move. That, for me, is my limit That’s something I don’t want to happen, it’s too high a risk“He also said about the security measures, which are not the same as on a permanent circuit, of course.
Verstappenyou already enjoyed driving a former M-Sport Ford Fiesta with which Ogier won the WRC title in 2018but he did it on a circuit, as part of a promotional video for Ford. Now he proposes doing it on “a real rally stage.”
Max managed his first podium of 2026 in a tough fight with Lewis Hamilton last Sunday in Montreal and remains committed to improving his RB22 and for the FIA and the teams to agree to change engine management to 60/40 by 2027.
It seems that He will continue in F1 in 2027, in his own words, but he will surely find a time to experiment with a WRC in the coming months. already tried