Racing, pure and simple

Ask Max Verstappen after his NLS (Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie) entry, Lance Stroll, who recently made his GT World Challenge debut at Paul Ricard or Kimi Antonelli, who has spoken of his desire to once again sample GT3 machinery with his family team, why they remain attracted to this far slower, heavier, road car-derived category of racing, and they will almost certainly cite ‘pure racing’ as at least one reason.

Truth is these cars both look and sound visceral and amazing, and carry the racing-versus-supercar crossover factor that ignites the interest of fans and drivers alike.

But it’s still far from a pure formula in driving terms. The cars have ABS to equalise braking performance for all, so the chances of being matched on the brakes by a management consultant from Munich on the Nürburgring Grand Prix circuit’s first turn are reasonable.