While Formula One rivals compete in virtual grands prix and various esports series during the COVID-19 lockdown, six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton has been busy racing against himself.
FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 12, 2020 Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton poses for a drivers portrait REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy
“So I’ve been racing myself, trying to beat my own laps and stuff. It’s been frustrating as hell because my laps are pretty decent I think.” Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, a four-times world champion with Red Bull, made his esports debut this month after being sent a simulator to use at home but Hamilton said he was “not very interested” in that.
“You have to kind of override your mind and I don’t really like doing that, going through that process. Then you get in the real thing, and it’s completely different.
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