Double Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen has picked up some fresh driving tricks after a lesson in sliding sideways from New Zealand's drift car king 'Mad Mike' Whiddett.
The Dutch driver, enjoying some time off to do something different in a dominant season, smoked the tyres of a 600 horsepower MADBUL Mazda RX-7 in a video released on Red Bull Motorsport's YouTube channel on Wednesday.
"Learning to drift was very crazy; I didn't know what to expect," said the 25-year-old Red Bull racer. "I think it was the most nervous I've been in the past two years because it's not natural to how I normally drive. It felt like I was 16 again and jumping into an F1 car for the first time!
"As soon as the engine started and I began drifting with the wheels spinning, I got into my natural zone where I was finding the limits of the car, as I do in F1 - I felt that same adrenaline rush, and my instinct took over," Verstappen concluded.
One test featured 'Horner Corner' -- a 100-metre arc lined by 10 cardboard cutouts of Red Bull team boss Christian Horner with an extended over-large right hand ready for the back end of the car to high-five.
"You're a natural, mate," declared Whiddett at one point, before a familiar comment for someone who has won 10 of 12 races so far this season and the last eight in a row: "It's like a walk in the park."
Whiddett aadded: "We really pushed the limits with Max, and I hope he learnt some awesome tricks he can take to the F1 track - drifting is as raw as it gets!
"I'd love to try out these challenges in an F1 car and see what's possible in Max's seat next time," he concluded. (
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