NASCAR champion to be a better driver than Verstappen? Larson reviews claim

Last year, the current defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Larson claimed he is a better driver than four-time Formula 1 world champion Verstappen.

According to the American, they generally do not get the same respect from Europeans in terms of sports, especially racing.

He said on the SPEED with Harvick and Buxton YouTube channel: "Hopefully we'll get to the point where NASCAR and American auto racing gets that respect that it deserves because there's so much different, diverse racing in America, compared to Europe, that in my mind, it would have to develop a driver that's just as good or potentially better than any other part of the world."

The NASCAR Cup Series champion continued: "To answer the second part, I don't know how you ever figure out who the best is. I don't know if you need to, I think the debate is fun, you know, it's fun to have the banter between, you know, American fans or European fans or, or open-wheel fans, whatever."

Formula 1 drivers trying out NASCAR would not be completely unusual. In previous years, world champions Jenson Button and Kimi Räikkönen both competed in one-off events. Larson would like to see Verstappen give it a go as well.

"And I think what really shows how good he is like his teammate is never even on the same stratosphere as him. So where all the other teams are within a couple positions," Larson concluded.