Three-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen had the opportunity to sample the Acura ARX-06 GTP prototype from the IMSA championship on Tuesday. The special test organized by Honda’s racing arm HRC brought together all four Red Bull and VCARB F1 drivers at the Las Vegas Speedway’s Outside Road Course.
Ahead of this weekend’s Las Vegas F1 GP, where he will likely clinch his fourth drivers’ title in as many years, Verstappen spent nearly a full workday getting to terms with the machine with the help of IMSA GTP driver Colin Braun and IndyCar star Scott Dixon. The duo quickly brought the F1 ace up to speed on the Daytona-winning prototype, who, after some reconnaissance laps in a Honda Civic Hybrid and a thorough explainer of the button-filled cabin, quietly glided out of the pits on electric power before firing up the 2.4-liter twin-turbo V6 engine
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