Max Verstappen leaves presenter stunned in 'eye-opening' experience

Max Verstappen left former Top Gear presenter Chris Harris stunned in a recent video shoot for Ford Performance, where the Dutchman delivered an "eye-opening" experience. 

The four-time world champion filmed a video with Harris in Ford's brand-new GTD, testing the American manufacturer's newest car. 

Harris was left in awe of what Verstappen was able to immediately do in the car, with the 27-year-old's driving skills having been instantly visible. 

Driving cars quickly is something Harris does for a living as a motoring journalist and professional racing driver, due to often having just a matter of laps to extract as much performance from a car as possible. 

However, according to the 50-year-old, Verstappen surpassed his own technical level within a matter of seconds has he approached his first corner in the GTD.

Ahead of the filming shoot, Harris was advised on what Verstappen's driving ability was like, but all expectations were exceeded beyond imagination.

"He was everything people had told me he would be," Harris said on his podcast, Chris Harris on Cars. "The first lap out in the GTD was eye opening. I reckon... how do I say this without sound like a knob? 

"My job for the last 25 years has been to get in things with very little experience of what they are on circuits I don't know, and go quite quickly straight away, because I've normally got three laps to get it done. 

"What he did out the box is quite a bit beyond what I can do. He just got in it, and into the first braking zone I think he was plus/minus one metre at the maximum of what the car would do into that corner. 

"I don't think there was any leeway, and that was the first corner we came to. So it's an absolute privilege to witness that level of skill that close up."