Max Verstappen WILL race this weekend after double F1 cancellation Change your timezone: Max Verstappen WILL race this weekend after double F1 cancellation There will be no F1 this weekend Max Verstappen is using the F1 race cancellations to take part in another event to celebrate a significant milestone. Due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, F1 will not race in Bahrain or Saudi Arabia in April, with the fourth and fifth rounds being cancelled. They were both scheduled for the weekends of April 10-12 and April 17-19 respectively, but now the next race weekend will be in Miami, which takes place Friday, May 1 through to and including Sunday, May 3. It means there's a five-week break between the Japanese and Miami Grands Prix, but that doesn't mean four-time Max Verstappen won't be in action. It was announced on social media that this weekend on Sunday, April 12, Verstappen Sim Racing (previously known as Team Redline) will host a celebration race on iRacing at the Nurburgring, on the day he was initially supposed to be competing in the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix. Recently, the team reached the milestone of 500,000 followers on Twitch and, with no Bahrain GP this weekend, Verstappen is now free to take part in the sim race instead to celebrate. The race starts at 18:00 CEST (17:00 BST) and can be watched here: twitch.tv/verstappensimracing. READ MORE: F1 in April - Six crucial dates for your diary When will Max Verstappen next compete at the Nurburgring? A sim race at the Nurburgring isn't the only event on Verstappen's calendar, with the Dutchman jumping back into GT machinery for the ADAC 24h Nurburgring qualifiers on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19. The qualifiers did clash with the Saudi Arabian GP and previously rendered Verstappen