Max Verstappen’s sim racing team is being renamed and now bears the name of the four-time world champion – the move “feels very natural”
Max Verstappen not only drives on the world’s real racetracks, the four-time Formula 1 world champion is also a passionate sim racer. Verstappen’s sim racing team, previously known as Team Redline, has now been renamed Verstappen Sim Racing.
According to Verstappen’s racing team Verstappen Racing: “With this change, the identity of the team is now fully in line with Verstappen Racing’s goal of building a unified racing ecosystem that encompasses all areas of motorsport – from GT3 racing to the virtual world.”
Verstappen himself explains: “Sim racing is a great passion of mine alongside Formula 1, and Team Redline plays an important role in this. It’s where I spend a lot of my time away from the track, and it’s part of what I’m building with Verstappen Racing.”
“This move to Verstappen Sim Racing feels very natural. We are taking everything we have achieved and bringing it more in line with the overarching Verstappen Racing platform,” said the Red Bull driver.
“I’ve always believed that sim racing can nurture real talent and we’re already seeing that with Chris Lulham. I’m really looking forward to building on the team’s success and seeing what the future holds,” emphasizes Verstappen.
Lulham joined Team Redline in 2021 and later made the step into real GT racing with the support of Verstappen. Together with the four-time world champion, he won a race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in 2025, among others.
Dom Duhan, who founded Team Redline in 2000, explains: “I am proud that everything that Team Redline has built up will continue under the name Verstappen Sim Racing.”
“After years of developing and managing the team, this transition seems to me to be a natural progression that will continue to inspire and nurture the next generation of racing talent,” says Duhan.