Which Current F1 Drivers Are Involved in Sim-Racing?

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Spending your entire life by working your way up through the feeder series and into Formula One is a mighty task indeed. The last thing on your mind would be to get back behind the wheel after a long tiring week of race preparation, but many of the drivers on the grid load up the sim once they're back home.
There's a good chance you may have virtually raced against an F1 driver, so we've gone down the 2022 grid to see who shares interest in sim racing, and who unfortunately does not. Whether that's through the F1 series, an iRacing lobby or simply a Forza Horizon free-roam area, the world of sim-racing allows you to participate alongside these drivers in the comfort of your own home.
If you have virtually driven against someone throughout the current Formula One grid, let us know down in the comment section below. We're interested in hearing your stories!
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@thiagoods021 Жыл бұрын

I think Albon is very active in Gran Turismo and Forza as well. He even has a KZfaq channel named Super GT. Great guy he is.

@superluismigueL100 Жыл бұрын

Hello viewers

@flyingphoenix113 Жыл бұрын

@@superluismigueL100, "Alex Albon here"

@lucasbarrel Жыл бұрын

That Isn’t albon my friend

@thiagoods021 Жыл бұрын

@@lucasbarrel That was a joke, my friend.

@Rio1465. Жыл бұрын

@@lucasbarrel obviously a joke 😂

@andreasgurdjian7894 Жыл бұрын

U guys forgot to mention Alonso is an absolute monster on Iracing now. Hes nearly got 6k irating now

@Dirtytanker Жыл бұрын

Pretty easy when you've raced the same 15 tracks for 15 years.

@andreasgurdjian7894 Жыл бұрын

@@CobraAce04 yeah i raced him once in the vees, probably the funnest race i've ever done, only kept up with him because of how op slipstream is

@arox123 Жыл бұрын

Speaking of Alonso, he takes the big events extremely serious. I was alongside Barrichello and Alonso during the 2020 virtual le mans we practiced and worked on the setup 4-5 hours everyday for 3 weeks before the race. Sometimes even as late as 1 or 2 am, guy is humble and awesome to work with. As for the 17th place finish, it came down to the organizers giving us a 'drive through penalty' literally a few meters before pitting in our box for fuel, which meant we weren't able to take on fuel due to the game prioritizing the penalty, so we basically had to retire. 3.5 hours later there was a Red flag due to server outage and we were allowed to re-enter the race but 12-13 laps down but we still pushed on from 30th to 17th.

@arox123 Жыл бұрын

@Jonas Jonaitis just outside the top 10, was a poor qualifying since we focused only on racepace in practice. We were top 5 racepace easily

@Luuuulle Жыл бұрын

He is also known to do Formula Vee at certain tracks. I’ve raced against him once. He was very fast.

@JamesPery Жыл бұрын

I watched Max and his Team Redline co-drivers lap the ENTIRE field at the 2021 iRacing Bathurst 12hr. He is the real deal!

@Mysterion157 Жыл бұрын

One time I loaded into a gt3 practice session at Spa on iRacing to some guy screaming the lyrics to Super Max. Turns out Max was there

@TraxionGG Жыл бұрын

Sounds like good times were had by all... maybe not Max though

@FredrikSoerlie Жыл бұрын

I once did a hosted session with a lot of the big names like Max, SVG, Catsburg etc. It was an amazing experience. I was nowhere, but watching Max and SVG fight for the fastest lap at Bathurst in a GT3 car was amazing. SVG wiped the floor with Max in the end, btw :P

@jaromirr7720 Жыл бұрын

Holy cow, Seb’s rig is bonkers 😳

@FredrikSoerlie Жыл бұрын

As a driver who heavily leans on the sim to develop our real prototype race car, I am always dissapointed to see well known drivers that disregard how benificial it can be if used correctly. The value is undeniable, and it's easy to see the link between the young drivers that constantly over perform and their involvment in sim racing. Of course it can never "feel" the same. That is not the point and a ignorant way to look at it. You need to learnto use the sim the same way you learn to drive a real car, and you need to reach a certain skill level before you can transfer the experiences. As a tool to hone your skills, practice dealing with pressure and get used to operating on the highest level, it's incredibly valuable.

@matty8679 Жыл бұрын

Damn you could have gave Max some redemption with his perfect run at the Bathurst 12hr in February

@everythinggaming7938 Жыл бұрын

Vettel set up is what we all imagine a millionaire racing driver would own

@Yoooooo53674 Жыл бұрын

Zhou has made appearances in lando’s recent f122 quadrant videos

@b4nes Жыл бұрын

I remember Jacques Villeneuve on a controller and laptop somewhere waiting for an airplane, 6th place twice in a Legends race against everyone being on sim rigs and at least Logitecs. He spoke how in the 90' there were tracks that he never participared in, so to prepare himself and learn corners before an F1 race, he would play the track in some game(s) on a PC. The true pioneer of sim gamers, handy with a controller 25+ years later! Search: The Race All-Star Series, Rd 5 , timestamp about 2:30:35 Also, for a wholesome laugh, search: Barrichello's dog interrupts the live stream for some attention

@ed3192 Жыл бұрын

Mick: If I can’t wreck my rig like I do the cars then I don’t want it.

@everythinggaming7938 Жыл бұрын

Say what you want about max but he bleeds racing, hes the world champion but still finds time to be the most active f1 sim racing driver, he goes home after racing and sim races. What a legend

@TraxionGG Жыл бұрын

He's doing huge things for the sim racing scene and we're all about it

@sebastianmandrean Жыл бұрын

Apparently he has a sim rig on his private jet also, and have been seen in lobbies 3h after winning a real F1 race. Absolute mad man & legend

@christtiansen_72 Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah just adding , Verstappen have won iRacing special event at Bathurst 12 hour 2022

@alaradi Жыл бұрын

Ocon was active in GT Sport as far as I know

@rzuffu Жыл бұрын

Valtteri racing in good old LifeForSpeed .... those were the times

@StoneMountain64 Жыл бұрын

I’m surprised it’s not just staple training

@SheriffUSA Жыл бұрын

I read somewhere that minimum time in SIM work is being mandated in new F1 driver contracts. Maybe saw it in Jenson Button’s latest book.

@the1sH0 11 ай бұрын

the big f1 teams have simulators that are completely custom made to their cars, they do train with those because have 1to1 physics simulation for that car or at least as close as they can get... and no consumer could run that shit because its one car on track and it still needs a serverrig of pc power to run

@toastytoast1890 Жыл бұрын

Not F1, but I once got into an iRacing practice lobby at Spa with Tony Kanaan. That was pretty cool

@SheriffUSA Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen Kanaan race super-well on the Fittipaldi brothers’ twitch channel which does a lot of iRacing. They get a decent amount of professionals in their lobby.

@billcranston3882 Жыл бұрын

Saw a partial highlight of what must be Gregor Huttu(sp?). I remember this guy from the GPL days setting crazy sub-8min nurburgring times. Good times indeed. :)

@markarlit2603 Жыл бұрын

Robert Kubica is also active simracer despite having only one hand

@lordadz1615 Жыл бұрын

Alexander alon plays all the time. He is just super gt

@blitzkriegers5886 Жыл бұрын

lol

@Lil-Lou Жыл бұрын

Used to race Lando and Max on iRacing few times a week but they are much less active now

@rmelv Жыл бұрын

Alonso was in my lobby for a formula vee race in iracing a few weeks ago, he’s pretty good tbf

@torbinzix1 Жыл бұрын

You mean to say a professional racing driver is pretty good at racing...🤯

@RaffaCampos51 Жыл бұрын

@@torbinzix1 a lot of irl racing drivers struggle with simracing as they dont feel the car as much as they're used to. but yeah I agree its not surprising coming from Fernando lol

@gofast8030 Жыл бұрын

i raced against him to in the vee

@rmelv Жыл бұрын

@@torbinzix1 I didn’t expect it in a formula vee car tbh, plus not all drivers are good in virtual racing

@MrThedestroy3r Жыл бұрын

@@rmelv Fernando basically drives only the Formula vee xd

@kingcarrot6355 Жыл бұрын

Jaques Villeneuve really loves simracing as well, LOL

@thrasherdave1428 11 ай бұрын

With an Xbox controller what a G

@M.F.Gamesta Жыл бұрын

Wow. You put in your homework on this one. Very good.

@TraxionGG Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@gofast8030 Жыл бұрын

Raced against Alonso and Piastri couple weeks ago on iracing crazy experience

@TraxionGG Жыл бұрын

Always a bit surreal! How did you get on?

@dwaynediah4595 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Fernando Alonso work on game grid

@CodenameDuchess1984 Жыл бұрын

Allonso got banned in iracing for a period for smurfing lol (he's back now), and Max uses Jos's account for practice, have seen him a handful of times in IMSA practice sessions

@flyingphoenix113 Жыл бұрын

It's interesting to hear that Mick doesn't see the value in simulators. His dad notoriously suffered from motion sickness, and those within the newly re-branded Mercedes team (Ross Brawn et al.) cited it as the single biggest component of Rosberg being consistently ahead of Michael from 2010-2012 (Michael essentially having to do all setup work once he arrived at a circuit whereas Rosberg merely fine tuned an already tested setup). I always wonder how Michael would have done were continuous in-car testing not banned after the 07 season.

@PresidentScrooge Жыл бұрын

He already outperformed Rosberg in Qualifying in 2012. despite having had a clear disadvantage. And to be fair, he probably didn't grew up with videogames while Mick probably did and does play some. Would be a surprise if he doesn't at all. So the step going to simulation isn't as big anymore.

@flyingphoenix113 Жыл бұрын

@@PresidentScrooge, 2012 was Michael's final year, and it was clear that he was finally becoming comfortable with that Mercedes (his Monaco pole that year perhaps being the best demonstration). The biggest gap was in 2010 where it was quite clear Robserg had the edge thanks to sim work (Michael was usually miles off in FP1 and 2, and he would steadily claw his way back through FP3 and quali by steadily adjusting aspects of the setup, albeit at a severe cost of laps and time spent on track). I'm sure Michael also pushed Mick to kart in his spare time as a training tool (much as Fernando, Kimi, Lewis, and he used to do). Unsurprisingly, Sainz is the same way. He has somewhat of an aversion to sims and spends his spare time karting, and he also has an old-school world champion father. But, it's clear across the board that the drivers who spend their time in the sims are beating their teammates.

@CY078 Жыл бұрын

Or is Mick just saying that cause he doesn’t want to be hassled / trolled online. We all know how his family feels about privacy 🤷🏻‍♂️ I wouldn’t blame him if he did decide to take this route 👍

@flyingphoenix113 Жыл бұрын

@@CY078, that's a hypothesis I hadn't considered. Hopefully, he does see the value in it. There's a very obvious correlation between the drivers who are underperforming this year and the drivers who dislike/eschew sim racing in favor of training/karting, etc. If Alonso can learn to see the value in sim racing, I'm sure Mick can as well.

@yourfriendkaden Жыл бұрын

We will see if Daniel will get into sim racing now that he is a reserve but wouldn’t be a shocker if he stayed away from it still. Being in a lobby with him would be fun with his humor.

@Greencroc123-SG Жыл бұрын

I like that they all played with jimmy broadbent

@vjollila96 Жыл бұрын

1:50 thats simucube what Russell has there. not fanatec

@potatogirlcultist19 Жыл бұрын

I have the same wheel as Mr.Goatifi himself. No excuse to be slow now.

@SheriffUSA Жыл бұрын

Appreciated the work put into this video- this is a rare KZfaq vid because it’s actually well worth watching. I look forward to checking out your other videos. While I love F1 content, I’m also trying to find an ultimate sim rig or two for the house. A small improvement would have been a video text overlay of the technology/vendors you’ve mentioned. Very well done. Thank you.

@damarfadlan9251 Жыл бұрын

I hope Lanzhu Zhong joins Gran Turismo alongside her childhood idol, Alex Albon one day.

@magicmulder 2 ай бұрын

The most prolific iRacing pro just happens to become the dominating real life world champion? Must be a total coincidence. :D

@anthonyfa18 Жыл бұрын

Esteban Ocon is also the French ambassador for Gran Turismo seven if you look up a video of my GT rig you’ll see he has a set up with a logitech G 29

@DresRacingChannel Жыл бұрын

i literally was on amazon about to order and i was listing to the video as i was checking out and he said "the seat was not included" smh

@thrasherdave1428 11 ай бұрын

Been there done that

@Welco_2 Жыл бұрын

Funny thing is that Lando and Daniel had a McLaren Roblox event.

@RedOptics Жыл бұрын

Zouh Guanyu is seen in some quadrant videos playing f122

@adhavan.a7964 Жыл бұрын

the endurance crash was a software fault max was driving so well that it somehow managed the break the ingame physics causing it go outta hand

@jialy7298 Жыл бұрын

Zhou has actually appeared in some of quadrant's youtube virtual gps, along with lando and lawson

@PresidentScrooge Жыл бұрын

Lawson at it again. Getting a spot in F1 by making Lando and Zhou get thrown out /s

@Pjb93 Жыл бұрын

Ocon rammed a few guys on streams in GT Sport, got a sportsmanship rating reset, then disappeared

@Chris_Vasileiou Жыл бұрын

George in the pictures has simucube base, not fanatec,you can see that from the kill-switch too on the right side, the ascher wheel tho is correct

@kawie Жыл бұрын

i came across rubens barrichello in a iracing race. somebody called him a noob over voice chat

@soniaellis163 9 ай бұрын

I think thr drivers who are not gaming are missing out , as it sharpens your reflexes, and improves cornering skills , just look at Max. 😢

@MrEDET Жыл бұрын

Maybe Mick should have spend more time in simulators

@eatdahl Жыл бұрын

The base is £3500, you can get them for£2300. The steering wheel is pointless. It costs the same as the base

@MAMAMA341 Жыл бұрын

Daniel should have done some sim racing...

@dahe8883 10 ай бұрын

It would be nice if F1 2023 actually worked. Asetto, automobilista, forza, and many other all work with force feedback. F1 2023 doesn’t. It cost 10 times what I paid for other games and it’s not ready.

@TheBradyR Жыл бұрын

what wheel is Geroge using at 1:55?

@Renirode Жыл бұрын

Perez has a cube controls CSX2 wheel not a formula sport ... love that wheel 🙂

@maggi3814 Жыл бұрын

7:45 what the hell is that seating position 🥲

@jgbalves Жыл бұрын

Little personal opinion here: Awesome that some drivers connect with fans thru sim and stuff. But honestly I totally get when a driver mentions that doesn't have the interest in sim racing and prefer the real stuff. Sim is awesome to keep senses sharp but, ultimately, its for us who really like to play games or don't have money to maintain a race car, let's be real haha.

@TraxionGG Жыл бұрын

Completely agree, it doesn’t have to be for everyone!😊

@Pucis666 Жыл бұрын

Then compare team mates, who sim race and who dont, and their results in real life. Every simracing F1 driver has better results, than non simracer

@jgbalves Жыл бұрын

@@Pucis666 bottas runs lfs, lewis don't lol. It's the opposite, better drivers rocks more even in sim.

@Pucis666 Жыл бұрын

@@jgbalves Thats one out of 10 teams...

@juanramosb.4029 Жыл бұрын

I would like to see Barrichello in this list

@reviewforthetube6485 Ай бұрын

I love it when peoppe say oh you dont need that much force for realistic. What people seem to forget the nm from the car in real life is a bit different due to the actual weight of the car being there. Its wny lando, max and others you can see its got some torwue going and lando said he has it up to the exact feel of his car in real life. He doesnt hsve it maxed but I believe he had it around 15nm. I know that leclerc has his set pretty high. So yeah makes sense and thats not weak thats a good amount of force to always sim race with. You saw how violent the forces were for leclerc even here. Its crazy how good lando and max are. Anybody over a 40% win rate is nuts. Super rare in iracing. Doesnt daniel sim race now? I believe so lol. Many young drivers from all over are now sim racing its amazing to dee and it will keep this hobby alive for a long long time. Its one of the only hobbies ive been apart of that I just know I dont have to worry about it going away or dieing off.

@TiE23 Жыл бұрын

I was quite convinced for a day or two that a PSN player with the user name “Lew_04” was Lewis Hamilton but I believe I saw proof of him unlocking a GT7 trophy when the real Hamilton was in the Mercedes racing earlier this year… but I may have been mislead by time zone differences (I don’t know if trophy unlock times are displayed in the viewer’s time zone or the owner’s time zone, as I am in America, I wasn’t sure).

@benistingray6097 Жыл бұрын

Already outdated lol, Max is also playing on a Simucube now, wide decision.

@flyingphoenix113 6 ай бұрын

He's back on the LB SimSteering Ultimate at all recent competitions, such as the Heineken F1 Esports championship. Is this for the rig he has on the plane? Or, the one he has at home?

@Mandykiss4500 2 ай бұрын

@@flyingphoenix113 he doesn’t have one on his Plane, it was Misinterpreted…

@eriknaamot Жыл бұрын

You also forgot Mick, he is Racing on Iracing.

@twaneuverman4266 Жыл бұрын

Zhou does open lobbies whit Quadrant'

@simblorr Жыл бұрын

Alonso has GSI Formula Pro Elite as of 1 March 2022.

@alexcarolan8825 Жыл бұрын

Cool video. Do you think you people would be able to the same video for ex F1 drivers too?

@TraxionGG Жыл бұрын

That’s a very cool idea! We shall look into it 😎

@alexcarolan8825 Жыл бұрын

@@TraxionGG sweet all I know is that Jaques Villeneuve was an early adopter of virtual racing I think

@TraxionGG Жыл бұрын

He was indeed.... And he is mega fast. even on a controller!

@dwaynediah4595 Жыл бұрын

Sebastien vettel work on gran turismo 5 redbull x 1

@asheleydavies Жыл бұрын

Man. Watching Ocon pushing those weights with his noodle arms, using pretty much the worse for ever, really makes me grit my teeth.

@Gangsta_Playz Жыл бұрын

3:47 weeeeeeeeell

@Dave062YT Жыл бұрын

Lando has switched to Logitech G pro btw [like a lot of us]

@GTD535 5 ай бұрын

"Needless to say he takes this stuff very seriously, with the base alone costing over £3500." - About Max's gaming setup. Cool video, but this comment made me chuckle! That's the same as a person with a 5000 € monthly salary spending 3.5 € on a hobby. Doesn't seem worth a blimey when you put it into proportions!

@rkshn Жыл бұрын

3:46 this aged poorly

@GasBrake Жыл бұрын

pieeeeeere gasssly!!!!!

@konohamaru77 Жыл бұрын

Now since max win the world championship, i wish gran turismo would release another DLC for gt 7 with name Max verstappen SUPERMAX time trial challenge

@thrasherdave1428 11 ай бұрын

I will definitely buy the game if they do that!

@Nominors631 Жыл бұрын

Almost all present drivers of f1 is driving the sim

@LouisCocquet Жыл бұрын

It’s not a formula pro for checo that a CSX2 🤦‍♂️

@rogervallve7375 Жыл бұрын

max is just taking driving lesseons, so he can keep car on the road

@winkiiiie 10 ай бұрын

max's setups is more waaaayyy more than 10k lol

@Cloxxki 2 ай бұрын

10:50 Unusually far from the screen? Does that offer advantages?

@TrainSpotterLoxan 4 ай бұрын

13:24 did indeed not age so well

@Mandykiss4500 2 ай бұрын

Max OWNS Team Redline…

@Andrewoval Жыл бұрын

Ah yes. Now I understand why mick crashes so much

@Cloxxki 2 ай бұрын

Are the other F1 drivers apart from Max just smurfing around on low irating accounts?

@KoeiNL Жыл бұрын

Why do you say Sir Lewis Hamilton but not Officer Max Verstappen? He's an Officier of the Order of Orange-Nassau, which outranks Lewis' rank.

@braindump1446 Жыл бұрын

Who cares, Max doesn't want to be addressed with his title.

@KoeiNL Жыл бұрын

@@braindump1446 does Lewis demand it? Lets at least try to treat them equally yes?

@braindump1446 Жыл бұрын

@@KoeiNL I think it's very polite if people address you the way you prefer it. In England the Sir-title is a big deal as I understand so people call you Sir Lancelot ;-) As you know in The Netherlands we don't give a flying fuck about titles so we don't even bother. I think it's a culture thing if anything and that's okay.

@u982245 Жыл бұрын

the reason you know simracing isn't close to reality is that a 14 year old with a playstation controller are 2 sec a lap faster than a real f1 driver

@anonymouswhite352 Жыл бұрын

That'd a playstation game not an actual sim

@u982245 Жыл бұрын

they are all games but ok

@aminen5316 Жыл бұрын

Mick Schumacher ? What a joke

@ricky8346 Жыл бұрын

Mick has no passion for racing and definitely should have practised more.

@alec7568 Жыл бұрын

I don't remember his name, but I raced against a le mans winner in iRacing. He had apparently just joined iRacing and was working his way up which is why he was racing against plebs like me. Everyone in the lobby started freaking out and just chewed his ear off before the race started, unsurprisingly he clobbered us all.