{"id":2112186,"date":"2026-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2112186"},"modified":"2026-08-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T21:00:00","slug":"max-vs-100-will-see-verstappen-race-100-go-karters-from-the-back-of-the-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2112186","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Max vs 100\u2019 will see Verstappen race 100 go-karters\u2026 from the back of the grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topgear.com\/car-news\/formula-one\/max-verstappen-staying-formula-one\">Max Verstappen<\/a> will take part in a race at Silverstone next month. Keen F1 fans will note Max Verstappen already took part in a race at Silverstone <em>last<\/em> month. And this isn\u2019t another \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.topgear.com\/car-news\/formula-one\/bahrain-grand-prix-will-be-held-malaysia\">Bahrain GP But In Malaysia<\/a>\u2019 type affair.<\/p>\n<p>Oh no. It is a \u2018100 Go-Karters vs Four-Time F1 World Champion\u2019 thing. And the kicker here is the four-time F1 world champion has to start at the back of the grid\u2026 and overtake everyone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>Get ready then, for \u2018Max vs 100\u2019 \u2013 no need to overthink this one, guys \u2013 on 16 September broadcast live on Disney+ and ESPN. We\u2019re told Max\u2019s 100 competitors \u201ccome from every corner of sport and culture\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>So there are people like ultrarunner Arda Saat\u00e7i, basketballer Chris \u2018Lethal Shooter\u2019 Matthews, mountain biker Matt Jones, streamers TheGrefg, Caedrel and TheDonato, \u201cplus content creators, personalities and everyday fans invited from around the world\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>\u201cIn go-karts you learn all the basics: starts, defending, overtaking,\u201d said Verstappen. \u201cOf course, I spent a long period of my life go-karting, so it&#8217;s always nice to return. It\u2019s about understanding the grip of the go-kart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve done so many years in go-karting that you quite naturally get back into things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>It\u2019s a purpose-built layout of course, and when pushed on what he was most looking forward to in the race, Verstappen said: \u201cJust seeing the carnage unfold in front of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, we\u2019re told \u201cMax will be able to communicate directly with his competitors during the race\u201d, which promises to be nothing short of telly gold. Who\u2019s got twenty quid on the Dutchman dive-bombing at least 30 of them into the first corner?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Verstappen will take part in a race at Silverstone next month. Keen F1 fans will note Max Verstappen already took part in a race at Silverstone last month. And this isn\u2019t another \u2018Bahrain GP But In Malaysia\u2019 type affair. Oh no. It is a \u2018100 Go-Karters vs Four-Time F1 World Champion\u2019 thing. And the [&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-2112186","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\/2112186","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=2112186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2112186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2112186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2112186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}