Verstappen was in Salzburg on Wednesday to attend the grand reopening of Red Bull's legendary Hangar-7. There, he delighted the audience with a spectacular demonstration. He was joined by other Red Bull athletes from various disciplines, including Dani Pedrosa (MotoGP), Daniel Sanders (Dakar), and NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch.

The latter invited Verstappen to step into his NASCAR car. "I would like to," Verstappen replied, before walking away. In the comments on the video, shared by Trackhouse Racing, a loud call from fans followed for Verstappen to give it a try in the American class. "Put him in that car and make Larson keep his mouth shut," one of the comments read. Many others would also love to see the four-time world champion race in a stock car.

Larson recently saw his ambitious attempt to complete the famed 'Double' – racing in both the Indianapolis 500 and the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 on the same day – end in total failure. The American crashed in both races.

In the Indy 500, things went wrong on lap 93. During a restart, Larson attempted to take the inside, but he hit the apron - the flat, lower part of the track inside the banking - and lost control, leading to a hard crash into the outer wall. The crash meant the immediate end of the race for Larson and caused a chain reaction that also took out Sting Ray Robb and Kiffin Simpson.

Due to his early retirement, Larson had enough time to travel to Charlotte for the NASCAR race, but that too ended in tears for him. Larson started the Coca-Cola 600 from second place, after a controversial decision by NASCAR to give him a good starting position despite not participating in mandatory pre-race activities due to his Indy 500 participation. He quickly took the lead, but on lap 43, he spun off the track. Just before that, he had also hit the wall in turn three.