Max Verstappen flies to Toulon after a pit stop for the Nürburgring 24 Hours

Max Verstappen flew from Münster Osnabrück to Toulon-Hyères on Thursday morning, a 1h 25m hop in his Dassault Falcon 900EX, PH-DTF. The flight comes the same week Verstappen is set to make his debut at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, one of endurance racing’s toughest tests, per [news.verstappen.com](https://news.verstappen.com/en/article/6149/). Qualifying begins Thursday, with the race running Saturday through Sunday at the Nordschleife.

Verstappen’s path to Toulon was not direct. On Tuesday, he flew from Amsterdam to Stagsden, near Milton Keynes, for what [GPFans.com](https://www.gpfans.com/nl/f1-nieuws/1083604/verstappen-brengt-bliksembezoek-aan-milton-keynes-vr-24h-nrburgring/) described as a lightning visit to the Red Bull factory. The team is navigating a difficult F1 season — Verstappen sits seventh in the standings with 26 points after Miami — and the detour suggests a working stop before the endurance weekend.

Toulon is the airport nearest Verstappen’s residence in Monaco. The flight pattern — Amsterdam to England, then Germany, then home — fits a driver juggling a struggling F1 campaign with a passion project. As Verstappen told [PlanetF1.com](https://www.planetf1.com/news/max-verstappen-nurburgring-24-hours-entry-endurance-racing-explained), “I don’t want to do that when I’m 40 years old. So now I think it’s the perfect age to do it.”