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This Saturday, the third round of the Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie takes place at the Nordschleife. You can watch the event at the top of this article, or on our 'F1 Paddock Update by GPblog' YouTube channel as well.

Max Verstappen and his team participated at the second round of the season. The Dutchman was accompanied by Daniel Juncadella and Jules Gounon. The team managed to bring home the victory, however, they were disqualified after the conclusion of the race.

The four-time Formula 1 world champion is not present at the Nordschleife this weekend, as he previously explained.

His team, Verstappen.com Racing, has a different programme this weekend, as they are competing in the GT World Challenge Europe series at the Circuit Paul Ricard.

However, due to the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix, Verstappen does have more time to drive at the Nordschleife.

Next weekend, together with Lucas Auer, the Dutchman will compete at the ADAC 24h Nurburgring Qualifiers.

While no current F1 driver is present, a former one is. Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi will drive a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for the KCMG team.

Kobayashi previously drove for Toyota, Sauber and Caterham in Formula 1. He scored his single podium at the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix.