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Originally Posted by ///MPhatic
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Originally Posted by Artemis
No other former or current F1 driver can beat Verstappen at sim racing. He's generally considered one of the best sim drivers worldwide.
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That's because when he's actually racing he's not in a car in his mind, he's just processing information. Most drivers prefer the feel of the car underneath them, it's extra information, but Max just doesn't need that, it's all lines on a grid. He's closer to a digital medium in an analog space. He's an evolution.
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Belgian F1 TV journalist Gaëtan Vigneron said during the Melbourne qualies broadcast that he had asked two F1 team principals whether Verstappen would also outperform the rest of the field in another car than a Red Bull. Both team principals replied that Verstappen would manage to do so because, according to them, he operates on another level than the rest.
Vigneron also said that Toto Wolff gave an interview to Erik van Haren (the Dutch journalist of De Telegraaf who leaked the Horner complaint story last month). Wolff confirmed again that he would like to have Verstappen at Mercedes.
Further, Johnny Herbert (one of the four FIA race stewards this Melbourne race weekend) told Vigneron that he is personally fully convinced that Verstappen will race for Mercedes in 2025.
Vigneron also heard the rumor in the paddock that talks between Adrian Newey and Ferrari are at an "advanced" stage. Newey is not in Melbourne this race weekend.