LIVE | Watch Max Verstappen take on the famous 24h Nurburgring here

Verstappen is set to take on the first major endurance race of his career today at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. Driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, the four-time Formula 1 world champion will be joined by Lucas Auer, Dani Juncadella and Jules Gounon. The warm-up session is scheduled to begin at 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT) and will last an hour and a half.

During the afternoon, the drivers and cars will make their way to the grid, arriving at 12:45 local time (11:45 GMT). The formation lap will then get underway 20 minutes before the race start at 14:40 local time. The race itself begins at 15:00, with the cars set to battle around the Nordschleife for the next 24 hours.

After Auer took care of Top Qualifying 1 on Friday, Verstappen first sat in the car for Top Qualifying 2. The Dutchman completed his task by finishing sixth and securing one of the seven available spots in the final session of the day.

After the session, he said to Mercedes: "Yeah, I mean, I felt comfortable in the car. Of course, we were targeting to get to Top Qualifying 3, which of course is not easy with the competition out there. It's super tough. You know, a lot of fast cars around, but yeah, we just managed to sneak in. So yeah, the final lap was just good enough. It was nice. I mean, luckily it was dry. The car felt all right, and we managed to sneak in, so that was the target."

Juncadella was then in action for Verstappen Racing in Top Qualifying 3. The Spaniard secured fourth place, finishing less than a second behind pole-sitter Luca Engstler in the #84 Red Bull Team ABT Lamborghini, meaning he will start from the second row of the grid.