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Motorsports have long been a pay - to - manoeuvre arena , with young driver spending thousands of dollars just to get started in karting . Four - meter Formula One champion Max Verstappen knows this all too well , but he also see a agency to change it through sim racing , a practical conformation of machine racing that closely replicates literal - macrocosm racing .
It ’s peradventure less unhinged than it voice . The sport has evolve into a serious proving soil for talent , with detailed setups and tyre management — minus the beat fiscal roadblock . In fact , Verstappen , a passionate sim racer himself , believes the best practical drivers deserve a pellet in real cars .
His ultimate vision , he tells The Athletic , is create his own racing squad , one that merges elect sim racer with traditional racers . While sim driver lack experience with G - forces , Verstappen thinks training and the right coaching can bridge the gap . He say sim racing has ameliorate his own driving , and vice versa .
“ Everyone always thinks that it ’s just a game and it ’s fun , comfortable conk , ” Verstappen tells the outlet , “ but I would say the competition is just as hard , or even harder , to nail — to get ahead — than in real life . ”
