---
title: "Watch the First-Person View of Max Verstappen’s Epic Ski Slope Drive in an F1 Car"
description: "The team's YouTube page recently uploaded a full, unedited first-person view of a practice run that showcases the true insanity of driving a Formula 1 car on top of an icy mountain in the Austrian Alps."
date: "2018-03-15"
modified: "2018-03-16"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/19294/watch-the-first-person-view-of-max-verstappens-epic-ski-slope-drive-in-an-f1-car"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Racing"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Austria"
  - "max verstappen"
  - "Onboard"
  - "red bull"
  - "Skiing"
---

# Watch the First-Person View of Max Verstappen’s Epic Ski Slope Drive in an F1 Car

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If you've ever looked at a ski slope and thought *Man, this looks like a great place to drive an 800-horsepower open-wheel race car,* then you and [Red Bull F1 driver Max Verstappen](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/15762/red-bulls-max-verstappen-says-f1-champ-lewis-hamilton-needs-to-step-up-his-game-next-year>) are on the same page. The same icy, terrifying, and all-around epic page.

Verstappen and company threw some chains on those meaty tires and [pulled off the incredible stunt](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/1691/max-verstappen-and-red-bull-f1-go-on-a-ski-holiday>) back in 2016, but the team's YouTube page recently uploaded a full, unedited first-person view of a practice run that showcases the true insanity of driving a Formula 1 car on top of an icy mountain in the Austrian Alps.

https://youtube.com/embed/AsDgI6Ec3fQ

The crew laid out a serpentine circuit track that crossed back and forth over a ridgeline between two rises at the Kitzbuhel ski resort. Verstappen, who was just 18 at the time, had to pilot the 800-horsepower RB7 car along the icy surface just feet from a series of sheer, unguarded drop-offs. And he's not just out for a cruise—coming back down one of the slopes on his first lap, he guns it and manages to grab fourth gear before he's forced to back off by the treacherous terrain.

Red Bull Racing has a fun habit of putting their retired F1 cars in places they don't belong. Last year, Scuderia Toro Rosso reserve driver Sébastien Buemi [thrashed the world championship-winning RB8 car](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/16213/watch-this-red-bull-racing-f1-car-tackle-a-swiss-mountain-pass>) up a cobblestone mountain pass in [famously racing-averse Switzerland.](<https://www.reuters.com/article/us-motor-electric-switzerland/motor-racing-switzerland-to-host-first-race-in-more-than-60-years-idUSKCN1BW2WD>)

Even though F1 probably won't be adding a Winter Grand Prix anytime soon, here's hoping the Winter X-Games sees fit to follow up their addition of a Harley-Davidson [motorcycle snow hill climb](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/18050/harley-davidson-motorcycle-halfpipe-hill-climb-racing-debuts-at-2018-winter-x-games>) this year with a spot of sketchy ice racing.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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