Bernd Maylander the F1 safety car driver praised Max Verstappen's rise in GT3

Bernd Maylander the safety car driver for Formula 1 has praised Max Verstappen for his move into GT racing. He said he is eagerly watching the four-time F1 champion's endurance arc.

Maylander, a former winner of the Nurburgring 24 Hours, talked about how excited he was about Verstappen's recent races in Mercedes GT3 cars at the famous German circuit on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast.Maylander said that the basics are somewhat similar when asked if what Verstappen is racing in is like the Mercedes AMG GT Black Series that he drives as the F1 safety car.

The front, middle, and rear engines, the transaxle, and the balance are all important, but in the end, the GT3 is a real racing car. This car was made to be a race car on a track. It has more downforce and less weight, but you could say it's a kind of.We have different rules for the safety car. It should be a car for the road. We have almost 200 more horsepower than the GT3 car but we are a lot heavier. We need to use road tires. In the end, the balance is something else. We don't want to win the race, but we have to cover the safety part as a safety car. "That's a different job."

Maylander also said that he was impressed by Verstappen's GT3 races.Of course. The whole motorsport and GT world is watching what he's doing at that racetrack. That's where I started everything when I drove my private car there every weekend after I got my driving license.

3 Mercedes AMG Team Verstappen Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 EVO: Max Verstappen, Daniel Juncadella and Jules GounonThat was my way of learning how to drive fast. It wasn't always safe but I never crashed in my own car. Yes. But he's doing a great job up there and I think everyone likes it. It's just racing.

The track is very hard. It's hard to get ahead.Sometimes you need a lot of passion to pass someone at the right time, especially in the GT3 cars. "It's great."