{"id":1948714,"date":"2026-05-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1948714"},"modified":"2026-05-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:00:00","slug":"verstappen-set-to-race-280bhp-dacia-logan-in-2027-nurburgring-24hrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1948714","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen set to race 280bhp Dacia Logan in 2027 N\u00fcrburgring 24hrs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p><em>Here\u2019s TopGear.com\u2019s roving correspondent, Cory Spondent, with his mostly incorrect exclusives from the world of motoring<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Formula One driver Max Verstappen has today confirmed a shock entry in the 2027 N\u00fcrburgring 24hrs by agreeing to race the fan-favourite Dacia Logan saloon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>Following his heroics in this year\u2019s marathon where he was denied victory following a driveshaft problem on his Mercedes-AMG GT3, the four-time Formula One world champion has now committed to racing one of the slowest but most reliable cars on the grid.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest the Dacia Logan\u2019s 360-degree spin on the \u2018Karussel\u2019 during this year\u2019s race really \u2018sealed the deal\u2019 for Verstappen, having performed a similar manoeuvre himself at this year\u2019s Miami GP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>\u201cMax, as we all know, just loves racing in whatever discipline, loves a good challenge, and perhaps most crucially, really bloody hates this year\u2019s Formula One regulations,\u201d a source close to the F1 champ said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe recently discovered he\u2019s actually quite brilliant at this whole \u2018endurance\u2019 thing, almost single-handedly winning the damn thing outright on his first ever go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>\u201cNow he\u2019s set himself a proper challenge by agreeing to race a painfully slow but heroically cool Romanian saloon with less horsepower than one of his team-radio tantrums. Do not be surprised if he manages to put this thing on pole and take a maiden win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEat that, super clipping,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019ll be a super challenge, for sure,\u201d Verstappen said, \u201cbut really anything other than Formula One would be nice. It\u2019s a ******* joke that I have to ******* drive that absolute piece of ****,\u201d he later said. \u201c******* ******* **** of a **** car. Honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s TopGear.com\u2019s roving correspondent, Cory Spondent, with his mostly incorrect exclusives from the world of motoring Formula One driver Max Verstappen has today confirmed a shock entry in the 2027 N\u00fcrburgring 24hrs by agreeing to race the fan-favourite Dacia Logan saloon. Following his heroics in this year\u2019s marathon where he was denied victory following a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-1948714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1948714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1948714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1948714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1948714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}