Max Verstappen has been taking part in a sim race, but things did not quite go to plan for the reigning World Champion.
Max Verstappen made contact with lapped traffic while leading the virtual 24 Hours of Daytona, which dropped him and his Team Redline car several laps behind.and his team-mates had been leading the outright standings in the iRacing event with six-and-a-half hours to go, but in wet conditions, the reigning World Champion appeared to aquaplane while overtaking a GTD car up the inside of the International Horseshoe, which caused contact.
He reversed out and managed to get to the pit lane, but lost the lead and three laps to the new leaders while repairs took place. Verstappen, driving the #20 BMW with his team-mates, dropped to fourth place and lost several laps in the pit lane, but the car was able to continue in the 24-hour race – with the event due to conclude at 12.45pm GMT on Sunday.Asked in a Q&A during the race about the differences between sim racing and the real world, Verstappen said the two were similar in many ways – with the main obvious difference being the physical aspect of what it takes to drive a Formula 1 car, in his case.
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