Could the Formula 1 champion do for GT3 sports car racing what Tiger Woods did for golf?Over the weekend Max Verstappen, in a high-profile GT3-class debut, won the ninth round of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) with seeming ease.
Naturally social media went bonkers. In fairness, most posts were well-informed, with a sensible and deserved tone of adulation for an impressive feat. However, the number of people (perhaps introduced to motorsport by a certain Ne