Max Verstappen has the entire world at his feet. The way he’s been dominating the sport for the past two years, it’s as though he’s mastered and perfected his craft. That being said, it’s no fluke that the Dutch lion is a 2x champion and almost in touching distance of that 3rd. It’s his love for motorsport and determination to be the best that makes him such a fierce competitor. But even the likes of Verstappen can’t just hop into an F1 car when they want to practice. Luckily for him, the Red Bull Racing ace has sim racing to divert his attention to.

Verstappen is an avid sim racer. Real-world racing wasn’t enough for the 25-year-old to conquer, hence, he shifted his focus to dominating the virtual world of motorsports when he’s not strapped into an actual F1 car. But where does the 2x champion stream his virtual success and what rig has he got?

Max Verstappen is a fully-equipped sim racing legend

It’s no secret that Max Verstappen has translated his on-track skills onto a flat-screen monitor. His exploits have earned him a place in the best racing esports team there is on this planet: Team Redline. What’s more, he uses Twitch as his streaming platform for his online sessions and unsurprisingly the reigning champion boasts a whopping 103,000 followers who cheer him on, on Team Redline’s official Twitch account.

But enough about his numbers. Let’s get into the sim-racing rig he dominates on. According to BoxThisLap, “Max understands the benefits of simulation and likes to use it whenever possible, as he finds it enjoyable.

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“He has a unique cockpit that includes a Playseat F1 Ultimate cockpit and a Sim Engineering wheel with a Leo Bodnar engine and base. The pedals are Heusinkveld Ultimate and he uses a set of Samsung 32-inch curved triple screens, with an additional screen for race information.”

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Max Verstappen’s post-F1 esports plan

The world of esports isn’t without its own gremlins for Verstappen though. He’s been constantly known to rant about the dismal state RFactor 2 finds itself. However, the majority of his time is spent on the popular online simulator: iRacing.

He’s found great joy in the countless hours he’s spent racing online. Now, once he hangs up his racing helmet, he wants to help budding sim racing talents make the big step forward. He was quoted as saying, “I want to transition them from the world of simulated racing [online races] to real ones. Sim racing is a great passion of mine.”

Do you think sim racing has made Max Verstappen a more complete driver than his rivals?

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