Formula One F1 - Belgian Grand Prix - Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium - July 30, 2023 Red Bull's Max Verstappen is interviewed after winning the race REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File PhotoAug 9 (Reuters) - Double Formula One world champion Max Verstappen has picked up some fresh driving tricks after a lesson in sliding sideways from New Zealand's drift car king 'Mad Mike' Whiddett. The Dutch driver, enjoying some time off to do something different in a dominant season, smoked the tyres of a 600 horsepower MADBUL Mazda RX-7 in a video released on Red Bull Motorsport's YouTube channel on Wednesday. "I think it was the most nervous I’ve been in the past two years just because it’s not natural to how I normally drive," said the 25-year-old Red Bull racer. "It felt like I was 16 again and jumping into an F1 car for the first time. Reporting by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Persons: Max Verstappen, Johanna Geron, Mike, Whiddett, I’ve, Horner, Red Bull, Christian Horner, Alan Baldwin, Ken Ferris Organizations: Belgian, Prix, Mazda, Bull, YouTube, Thomson Locations: Spa, Belgium, London