{"id":422559,"date":"2026-01-19T04:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422559\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T04:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:31:11","slug":"verstappen-hasnt-done-many-laps-in-the-simulator-on-2026-car-and-more-%c2%b7-racefans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422559\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen &#8216;hasn&#8217;t done many laps in the simulator&#8217; on 2026 car, and more \u00b7 RaceFans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Monday\u2019s edition of the RaceFans round-up.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"commentoftheday\"\/><br \/>\nComment of the day<\/p>\n<p>There were several captions in contention to win this weekend\u2019s competition but this one came out on top:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racefans.net\/2026\/01\/17\/caption-competition-285-ricciardo-returns-to-red-bull\/max-verstappen-jeremiah-burton-arvid-lindblad-daniel-ricciardo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-561882 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/racefansdotnet-24-01-15-11-13-08-1-SI202601140022.jpg\" alt=\"Max Verstappen, Jeremiah Burton, Arvid Lindblad, Daniel Ricciardo, Las Vegas, 2025\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-561882\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Daniel Ricciardo predicts the number of seasons Isack Hadjar will last as Max Verstappen\u2019s team mate<br \/>Bryan (@Ruz234014)<\/p>\n<p>Social media and links<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Og3mENdtUyk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inside Verstappen&#8217;s championship mindset (Bloomberg)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I honestly have no idea (how it&#8217;s going to be). I haven&#8217;t even done that many laps in the simulator. I will just see what happens when I sit in the car. I think what is always very important as a driver is that you can adapt quickly to the situation that you&#8217;re in. If that is on a current car that you&#8217;ve known for a long time or a completely new car, you just need to be able to adapt quickly, and learn quickly as well because the cars will evolve, I think, also very quickly.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fanamp.com\/f1-news\/ben-cowley-fanamp-fast-lane\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">From sleeping in his car to leading Mercedes&#8217; F1 content and a 50-person agency with Ben Cowley (FanAmp)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Even when I started at Mercedes in 2014, it just wasn&#8217;t a thing. Motorsport was so far behind other industries in terms of the adoption of content and digital. Even in those early days with Mercedes, 2014, and probably as recently as 2016, I was Lewis (Hamilton)&#8217;s press officer. I ran the website, wrote the press releases, ran the social media channels, and did the behind-the-scenes photography. This was one person. You have teams of 10, 12, 15 people doing that now in Formula 1 teams. I got in just as it started to become accepted that this was something motorsport needed to do, and it was lagging behind. I was really building one of the first proper digital and content teams in Formula 1 by building a team underneath me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportscar365.com\/imsa\/iwsc\/ilott-in-for-a-busy-year-with-imsa-indycar-double-duty\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ilott &#8216;in for a busy year&#8217; with IMSA-IndyCar double duty (Sportscar 365)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I really wanted to race the endurance races in IMSA and he was looking for a full season driver. We agreed as long as Long Beach isn\u2019t an issue that I do the full season.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3GEyP_lOmrs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1970: Formula One drivers&#8217; pre-season ski trip &#8211; Wheelbase (BBC Archive)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Bortoleto has revealed his new helmet design for the 2026 Formula 1 season.#F1<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:zvtr7cz4audxhazxqkyzu3sd?ref_src=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RaceFans (@racefans.net)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:zvtr7cz4audxhazxqkyzu3sd\/post\/3mcq3hfx4m52b?ref_src=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026-01-18T21:35:33.965Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RaceFans always endeavours to credit original sources. Want to share a relevant motorsport link with us? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.racefans.net\/contact\/contact-racefans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Send it in via the contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-above-ad\">Advert | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racefans.net\/contribute-racefans\/racefans-supporter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to Monday\u2019s edition of the RaceFans round-up. 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