Max Verstappen wishes to combine Sim Racing and Motorsport; Wants to one day establish their own racing team
The Formula 1 World Champion and the Red Bull Max Verstappen race driver thinks that more SIM Racing pilots (Simulation Racing) could go to F1 in the future. Sim Racing is complex software designed to look like real scenarios and race conditions as closely as possible. While most people think it is just a video game at the end of the day, Sim Racing recently became a sport in its own right, there were international competitions with real prices and issues.
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What is Sim Racing anyway?
Sim Racing is an umbrella term which summarizes a variety of configurations aimed at reproducing or “simulating” car races as closely as possible. The SIM race implies a complete configuration similar to what we would see in a real racing car, including a steering wheel, a gas pedal, a brake pedal, a gear change lever, etc. SIM runners are also seated on racing seats.
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Like real races, SIM Racing also involves a lot of strategy and planning on team teams as well as on players. Real parameters such as tire management, standing stops, braking techniques, running lines, etc. Who all have essential importance in real motorsport sport, are also essential for the SIM race. FIA organizes various SIM racing events sanctioned around the world using platforms such as Square race,, iracing And Gran Tourism.
Max Verstappen on Sim Racing; What the world champion thinks
Talk to AthleticsMax Verstappen praised Sim Racing. “Everyone always thinks it’s just a game and it’s fun, easy to live, but I would say that the competition is just as difficult, or even more difficult, to won – than in real life . ” It should also be noted that Verstappen is part of Team Redline, which is one of the main SIM race teams in sport. Formula 1 also has its own SIM Racing championship in which the 10 F1 teams on the grid are arguing. The tournament started in 2017.
Verstappen on Sim Racing: “Even more difficult to gain than in real life”:
– Max Verstappen thinks that Sim Racing has a greater challenge than real competition, emphasizing the intense skill level necessary to succeed.
“Everyone always thinks it’s just a game and it’s … pic.twitter.com/l0104c5mzy
– This is Formula 1 (@ thisisformu1a1) February 16, 2025
The Dutch driver thinks that there is not much that separates the two, the SIM pilots learning all the necessary techniques necessary to compete in pro motor sports like Formula 1. However, the driver concedes that SIM runners should be trained in experience in the number of forces G The F1 runners experiment inside the car when on the track during the races. SIM runners are also inexperienced when it comes to crushing, on which Verstappen has also shared its reflections.
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“In the simulator, if you hit a wall, it doesn’t hurt, so you don’t really be afraid when you drive. In real life, when you sit in the car, you have your helmet, the costume , The belts are attached, you suddenly realize: “Wow, I’m in a real car with a real engine. All this achievement must occur. “”
Max about Team Redline to athletics:
🗣️ “I am a faithful person. I really appreciate friendship, I could have set up my own team under my own name. I didn’t want to do it because we had such a good group of people in Team Redline I said to myself: ‘I don’t want them to … pic.twitter.com/xvcwput0ki
– Verstappen News (@verstappenews) February 14, 2025
However, Max Verstappen wants to establish a team on their own team one day. He shared how his vision would be to combine the SIM race with a real motor sport, and he also said how he had his eyes on some pilots of the Redline team who could adapt to the bill; Although the Dutchman has named any name. Elsewhere, the Formula 1 2025 season should start in March from March 14 to 16 with the Australian Grand Prix. The new season will present many new faces on the paddock and promises to be exciting for fans of sport in the world.
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