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Originally Posted by HeelToeShift
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Originally Posted by Marcoose
Why it’s impossible to compare drivers across generations. H-pattern vs paddle shifter is just one. Engine, fuel, tyre, aerodynamics, size and weight of car, regulations, feeder series, budgets, travel, number of races, sizes of teams, onboard aids and controls, etc, etc, etc. Fangio and Verstappen would’ve struggled in each other’s times.
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Max would do well in any type of car from any generation. He is one of the few guys (maybe the only guy) on the F1 grid who easily adapts and has the agility to drive a car that suits his preferential style and also one that doesnt. Plus when he races in the sim, he isnt racing the same car but varying categories. |
No other former or current F1 driver can beat Verstappen at sim racing. He's generally considered one of the best sim drivers worldwide. It's generally known that he sometimes goes sim racing only a couple of hours after having raced real-world F1 qualies or a real-world F1 race. Most F1 drivers take it easy after qualies or a race, while he competes in more qualies or yet another race, albeit in the virtual world.
Also his versatility is intriguing: in sim racing he prefers racing GT cars, LMP2 cars and F3 cars instead of a Red Bull F1 car. All those different driving styles and techniques and endurance racing may also improve his real world F1 driving skills and prepare him for a future real-world Le Mans career after he retires from F1 after a possible 8th WDC.
Sep 2015 video
here | 05:23 - 05:30:
Question:
What do you want to ask your future self in 2030 ?
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Wat wil je vragen aan je toekomstige zelf in 2030 ?]
Verstappen (17 yrs):
Have I become world champion more than seven times ?
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Ben ik méér dan zeven keer wereldkampioen geworden ?]