Senna and Verstappen at the Old Nürburgring: A Trial for True Champions

Some names aren't born by chance: "The Green Hell" for the old Nürburgring, over 20 kilometers long amid the ups and downs and pitfalls of the Eifel forest, abandoned by Formula 1 due to its dangers after Lauda's dramatic accident, is a fitting name. Bravo to the Germans for keeping the GT endurance racing program alive and well, which still features on its calendar. Having made this necessary premise, which could be summed up as "a crazy track, full of pitfalls of all kinds, including weather conditions, so long as to be extremely difficult to learn", we can introduce the two protagonists of this story: Ayrton Senna, Brazilian, three Formula 1 World Championship winners, and Max Verstappen, Dutch, four Championship winners. Two great champions who wanted to understand what it means to race on a circuit from another era, as difficult as it is dangerous. A gesture, albeit at different times, that restores poetry to motorsport and constitutes an act of love towards the public, who perceives that the romantic idea of drivers driven by a passion that burns stronger than fear can still exist.