Former team boss Horner also reacts to Verstappen's GT3 triumph!

Together with Chris Lulham, the four-time Formula 1 world champion won his first GT3 race in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie on Saturday.

After the race, the Dutch driver also posted on social media. On Instagram, his caption wrote: "That was fun!!! Felt great to be back at the Nordschleife and to take the win together with Chris Lulham Until next time!"

Verstappen's post received a large number of likes over the past day. Not only family members, but also his former team principal at Red Bull Racing, Christian Horner, liked the post. Fellow F1 driver Nico Hulkenberg joined in too.

Many congratulated the Dutchman in the comments as well. The team running the #31 Ferrari 396 GT3, Emil Frey Racing wrote: "It was an incredible weekend! Thank you all!"

The Red Bull Racing driver qualified in third place yesterday, but by Turn 1 he had already taken the lead and never looked back.

After a two-hour stint, Verstappen handed the #31 Ferrari over to his teammate, Lulham. The Briton then secured the duo’s victory.

This was the first time in nearly 50 years that debutants won on their first attempts in the NLS, since the competition began back in 1977.

Verstappen already talked about returning to the Nordschleife. "Of course, we really want to race the 24-hour race, here at the Nordschleife. If that’s going to be next year, I don’t know yet.

"Of course we need more experience, so hopefully we can enter a few more NLS races next year,” the four-time world champion said.

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