Max Verstappen Drives an F1 Car on a Ski Slope in Insane Publicity Stunt
A one-man snowstorm of fury.
If there’s one thing Formula 1 cars were not designed for, it’s functioning in subzero temperatures on top of a mountain, drifting around in snow. However, that’s exactly what Max Verstappen, the headstrong contender who was named 2015’s Personality of the Year, did on Thursday on the Streif ski course in Kitzbuhel, Austria. The demo run, organized by none other than Red Bull, was meticulously planned and required that the RB7 race car be airlifted by helicopter to the peak, at an altitude of 1,600 meters. The vehicle was then outfitted with studded Pirelli tires and snow chains before being let loose. In what looked like a dangerously risky stunt on a race track hemmed in with throngs of spectators, Verstappen took the F1 car through its paces, miraculously managing to not careen off a cliff, or even worse, into a crowd of bystanders. Watch the measured mayhem in the video above.
