Max Verstappenâs 100 challengers in Red Bullâs âMax vs 100â got to grips with the track, karts and race rules today, ahead of qualifying tomorrow and the livestream from 17:00 BST on Disney+ and the ESPN App.
At Silverstone today, all 100 of the drivers who will face Max Verstappen tomorrow took to the track to get their first laps in ahead of Red Bullâs âMax vs 100â.
Running in groups throughout the day on a shorter version of the circuit, the field worked through practice sessions to learn the layout, get familiar with the karts, and get up to speed on the format they will race tomorrow.
Red Bull Cliff Diving world champion Molly Carlson and basketball shooting coach Chris ‘Lethal Shooter’ Matthews were among those on track, part of a field made up of content creators, Red Bull athletes and streamers, and even fans from around the world.
Tomorrow, they move to the full layout, designed by race director and circuit designer David Terrien to accommodate a 101-kart field â a longer, more technical track with new corners that none of the 100 have yet driven.
On hand to help was Arvid Lindblad. The 19-year-old Visa Cash App Racing Bulls driver, a graduate of the Red Bull Junior programme who stepped up to Formula 1 this season, spent the day with the drivers, passing on advice on everything from racing lines and braking points to what to expect when 101 karts share one track.
He then went one further as the Chaser, and lined up in a 50-kart session, dead last, finding his way past all but one of the drivers ahead of him.
âThe drivers were trying hard, and that was really cool to see,â says Arvid.
âThey weren’t scared or intimidated or anything, with even some of them who aren’t very used to karting. The general level, it wasn’t easy for me. Some of the good guys are fast and they’re only going to get better.”
Oracle used practice data to run simulations on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to predict how the action could unfold, analysing the challenge facing Max as he attempts to overtake all 100 drivers.
On race day, those insights will evolve in real time, with live kart data feeding dynamic predictions and dashboards that allow fans to follow the race as it develops.
Tomorrow’s race revolves around a single task: Max starts last on the 101-kart grid and has just 30 laps to attempt to pass every driver ahead of him.
A driver is eliminated the moment the rear of Maxâs kart draws level with the front of theirs, with the field shrinking as the four-time F1 World Champion works his way through it. Every kart is identical, with sealed ballast fitted to level out any weight advantage between drivers.
The 100 challengers hold one card of their own: a fast lap, usable once in the race’s first half, and once by Max in the second. It echoes the format that shaped Max as a driver in his early years â start at the back and fight forward â except this time, itâs set to be the biggest go-kart race the world has seen.
Max vs 100 airs live globally on Disney+ from 17:00 BST on 16 September 2026, with the race starting at 18:00 BST. It will also stream live on the ESPN App for ESPN Unlimited subscribers in the U.S., before broadcast on ESPN2 later that day.
