Max Verstappen has been known as the driver dominating in Formula 1 lately. His reign in Formula 1 has gained him a lot of followers and some of them may include some very high-profile fans of the Dutch driver. Recently, Chris Hemsworth who plays the role of Thor spoke about being a fan of Verstappen.
Max Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix against Lewis Hamilton. They had equal points on the Driver’s Standings before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Verstappen passed Lewis Hamilton and won his first-ever World Champion. The Dutch driver showed his showstopping skills and his timeless dominance in Formula 1 last year. He won 15 of the 22 races of the season. This season he has won 6 of the 8 races that have taken place so far.
Verstappen has led every single lap of every single race since taking the lead at Miami and pointing to the number 1.
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This Red Bull rule on Formula 1 has attracted a lot of fans of the team and Max Verstappen. A lot of celebrities have also been seen coming to the races in support of Red Bull and hanging out at the Red Bull pits.
Chris Hemsworth is a Max Verstappen fan
Recently, Chris Hemsworth made an appearance on the podcast, Heavyweight with the host Jonathan Goldstein. At some point, Jonathan asked Hemsworth if he knew any Formula 1 team. Chris Hemsworth replied, “The only one I’ve met is RedBull, I love that Verstappen guy”
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I don’t who all were there during Suzuka 2022, because Marvel had already ended lot of their frontrunning superheroes like Irom man, Captain America.
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This seemed to have left Goldstein speechless after which he asked if the Marvel’s Avenger star, knew Max Verstappen and he said, “Yeah, at Marvel, we all know him, we watched Suzuka 2022 at my house”
One of the fans even pointed out that by the time of Suzuka 2022, a lot of the frontrunner superheroes like Captain America and Iron Man were done with their shootings. Chris Hemsworth has also met Verstappen once in 2019 during the Singapore Grand Prix. He was seen laughing with the young driver and also made a video wishing Verstappen a good race.
While one of the fans posted the video of Max Verstappen with Chris Hemsworth as they got into a friendly banter on camera.
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This wasn’t Chris Hemsworth’s first rodeo at Formula 1, the star has played the role of James Hunt in the movie Rush. The movie Rush revolves around the iconic rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt. As much as all the critics praised Hemsworth for his incredible work portraying the character of James Hunt.
Even if you watched it 200 times, there’s still room for 201.
The Rush with Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl.
James Hunt Vs Niki Lauda 1976. #McLaren pic.twitter.com/HebgvmFgcE— Filippos McLaren (@F1lippos) October 20, 2020
One of his critics was Lord Alexander Hesketh who had given James Hunt a debut in Formula 1. He had only good words to say about Hemsworth’s acting skills. He said that he had done a brilliant job at portraying Hunt. We can only hope to see more of this friendly banter and interactions between Max Verstappen and Chris Hemsworth as we enter the second half of the Formula 1 season.