Jos Verstappen, the father of Formula 1 star Max, will make his British Rally Championship debut in mid Wales at the weekend.
Jos Verstappen, the father of Formula 1 star Max, will make his British Rally Championship debut in the Severn Valley Stages that start at Llandrindod Wells on Friday, 12 April.He will race on gravel for the first time over more than 62 miles in Wales in a Skoda Fabia RS Rally2.
"Renaud has done Wales Rally GB several times but for me, these stages will be the first."After two test sessions in the wintertime in the south of France, we have decided to do our first proper gravel rally and as Renaud has some really good memories in Wales, this rally was looking like the best one to start with.
"There is no plan in terms of performance because it will be my first time on gravel but for sure the target is to improve and be as close as possible to the top guys.""We have British, European and World Rally champions on the books this year and now, we have an F1 driver to add to the list.
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