WATCH: Verstappen takes on challenge against 'drift master'

Max Verstappen has been using his summer break time learning how to drift with master Mike Whiddett.

The pair took to a makeshift circuit in Milton Keynes, with Whitddett guiding Verstappen through high-speed doughnuts, figure-of-eight manoevures, and learning the Scandi-flick.

It is the first time the Dutchman has driven a drift car, with this 600bhp MADBUL drift car being quite the contrast to his dominant Red Bull RB19 in F1.

Verstappen was uncharacteristically 'nervous' about the experience: "Learning to drift was very crazy; I didn't know what to expect. I think it was the most nervous I've been in the past two years because it's not natural to how I normally drive.

"It felt like I was 16 again and jumping into an F1 car for the first time! As soon as the engine started and I began drifting with the wheels spinning, I got into my natural zone where I was finding the limits of the car, as I do in F1 - I felt that same adrenaline rush, and my instinct took over."

Check out the video below!