Experience in cyber racing will serve Verstappen well in real F1

Max Verstappen believes the skills he has developed and continues to improve in eSports will serve him well behind the wheel of a real Formula 1 car.

The two-time world champion spends a lot of time in virtual races, although a week ago he was in the middle of a scandal related to technical problems during a virtual Le Mans marathon, after which he said he would not participate again. in such contests, because they turn into clowning. However, he continues to work with the Team Redline team, in which he participates in cyber racing.

“The most important thing about all racing simulators is that I drive other cars in them, not Formula 1,” Max told the Washington Post. – Here you need to be able to adapt, adjust the style of driving, because each car requires its own approach – this applies to the work of the steering wheel, throttle and the choice of race tracks.

I am constantly learning and try to adapt to each technique as quickly as possible. Ultimately, this will come in handy when I get back to Formula 1, because subconsciously you use all this experience. Sometimes you don’t quite like the settings of an F1 car, but you can turn to the baggage of a wide variety of experiences that you get in the simulator.

In general, I try to become as universally prepared professional as possible. Although I really miss the impact of overloads in cyber racing. In real racing, you rely a lot on how you feel through the wheel. Although I must say that simulators are becoming more and more realistic. Perhaps they already reproduce a real racing car for 90%.

Still, I think that people who have only trained on simulators have to take a pretty serious step if they want to enter the world of real racing. But we have already seen such examples, so nothing is impossible.”