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Max and Jos Verstappen to join forces for Zandvoort demo

Max Verstappen (NDL) Scuderia Toro Rosso at Formula One Testing, Day Four, Barcelona, Spain, 22
Max Verstappen (NDL) will drive an F1 car on home soil for the first time at Zandvoort © Sutton Motorsport Images
Max Verstappen (NDL) Scuderia Toro Rosso STR10 at Formula One World Championship, Rd6, Monaco Grand
Max Verstappen (NDL) in action for Toro Rosso at Monaco in May © Sutton Motorsport Images
Max Verstappen (NDL) Scuderia Toro Rosso and his father Jos Verstappen (NDL) at Formula One
Max Verstappen (NDL) and his father Jos Verstappen (NDL) will be on track at the same time © Sutton Motorsport Images
Jos Verstappen (NED) Dallara 393-Opel won on home soil, pleasing his supporters and the race
Jos Verstappen (NLD) won the F3 Masters at Zandvoort in 1993 © ©Sutton Motorsport Images
The podium (L to R): Paolo Coloni (ITA) second; Jos Verstappen (NED) winner; Michael Krumm (GER)
Jos Verstappen (NLD) centre on the podium at the 1993 F3 Masters at Zandvoort © ©Sutton Motorsport Images
Max Verstappen (NDL) Scuderia Toro Rosso STR10 at Formula One World Championship, Rd8, Austrian
Max Verstappen (NDL) also won the F3 Masters in 2014, before securing promotion into F1 with Toro Rosso © Sutton Motorsport Images
Jos Verstappen (NED) Minardi Cosworth PS03. Formula One World Championship, Rd15, United States
Jos Verstappen raced a Minardi-Cosworth PS03 in 2003 - his final year of Grand Prix racing. © Sutton Motorsport Images

Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen will join forces with father Jos for a special series of demonstration runs in Formula One machinery at former Dutch Grand Prix venue Zandvoort this weekend.

The event will represent the first time Max has driven an F1 car on home soil, and will also be one of the very few occasions in history when a father and son have driven F1 machinery at the same time.

Max Verstappen became only the 12th son of a former driver to compete in F1 this year, following in the footsteps of the likes of David Brabham, Damon Hill and Nico Rosberg.

The 17-year-old, who won the Formula 3 Masters at Zandvoort last year, will drive a Red Bull RB8 in the livery of current team Toro Rosso, while Jos will pilot a Minardi PS03 - the car he drove in what proved to be his final Grand Prix season in 2003.

Former F1 driver Jan Lammers and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk will also take to the track in a Coloni C3 and C4 respectively. Both cars, like Jos's Minardi, will be in their original liveries.

While the event, dubbed ‘Italia a Zandvoort', takes place on Sunday, all four men will also attend a special meet and greet in the centre of the Dutch town on Saturday evening.

"Doing a demo and a show in a Formula One car is always great fun, all the more so if it is for your home crowd," Verstappen told his official website. "Italia a Zandvoort is a great event and I really hope to give all the fans some great fun."

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