INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JULY 21: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, waits backstage during pre-race ceremonies prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 21, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) | Getty Images
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JULY 21: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, waits backstage during pre-race ceremonies prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 21, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Kyle Larson could get the opportunity to at least test an F1 car

Kyle Larson, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion, who recently compared his skills to triple F1 World Champion Max Verstappen, could get behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car himself in the near-future.

Speaking on [Kevin] Harvick’s ‘Happy Hour’ podcast on Fox Sports, Zak Brown revealed that “we’ve been chatting about it. Kyle, as you can imagine, definitely wants to do it in-between our schedule, which goes from February to December, and NASCAR’s schedule, which is February to November. Finding that window — we did that with Jimmie Johnson and Fernando [Alonso] in Bahrain with Hendrick Motorsports. That must have been about four, five years ago and that was a lot of fun. I’d love to see Kyle in an F1 car. It is something that we’ve discussed and something I think will happen down the road.”

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