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00:14I need to practice that a bit with the traffic, the air wash in the bus stop, because in our
00:20practice server I had the LMDH in front and I just fell off.
00:30It's a hobby. Yeah, it's just also really fun to do. It's a little bit less physical, of course, on
00:35G-forces, but it's still very intense.
00:38And of course, I want to do the best I can, but it makes me also forget about F1, which
00:42is good because it just relaxes your mind a lot.
00:45Max, you are a three-time world champion. That's absolutely unbelievable. Very lovely.
00:51People sometimes ask me, what do you do in your three-time, and they expect you to be something completely
00:56different to anyone else.
00:59Focus, man. You damaged the car.
01:03I think my life off-track is just very normal. Nice and simple.
01:18The car just felt fine in the bus stop, but you could just move the brake pliers a bit forward,
01:23right?
01:31For me, gaming is also a hobby. Of course, already racing so much with F1, when you come home, it's
01:37a way for me also to relax a bit and that I don't really need to think about.
01:42Yeah, anything else in life, I would say, at that point, when I'm in my simulator.
01:46He was in it already when he was very young. When he was three, he was on the MotoGP games.
01:52And sometimes I said, Max, no, you have to stop, go play outside or whatever, because he was so focused.
01:58He was always on the PlayStation. But basically, it hasn't changed, hasn't, so...
02:06I like games in general. Like, I mean, some people love to be outside and be more active outside.
02:11Of course, I was doing that with go-karting for me and race on quad bikes and stuff like that.
02:15But then sometimes in the evening, when I would come home, I would also like to game a little bit.
02:19Of course, initially on the controller, then the steering wheel, the whole setup, and...
02:22Yeah, it gets more and more professional, of course.
02:25Look from up above, though, at the Daytona International Speedway.
02:28A fantastic track. It is qualifying underway right now.
02:32Okay, good luck, Max.
02:33Yeah, you good luck.
02:35You shut the fuck up, Johnny.
02:37Hey, it's just... I'm telling you what they told me.
02:41I remember when I first told my friends about it, they didn't believe me.
02:46They were like, ah, there's no way, you're just...
02:49Maybe that's not him, it's someone under his name and whatever.
02:52But then, like, I started to show them pictures.
02:56This guy, that's him.
02:57And then they started to believe it.
02:59Say hello, of course, to multiple-time Formula One Bill champion Max Verstappen
03:03and, of course, an integral part of the furniture now at this point of Team Redline.
03:09He's breathing racing, in a way.
03:11Like, he can jump in any car and he's fast.
03:14What you cannot expect from a Formula One driver
03:17is that he's so fully dedicated to sim racing.
03:20But he wants it so much.
03:23Like, he had races where he did, like, 50 hours of practice
03:25and then he did the race and he completely destroyed the field
03:28and those were the best drivers in the world.
03:30So, we know that when he has the time to prepare,
03:34he is actually the top three of the world.
03:37And, yeah, that's quite nice to work with.
03:39Early doors in this day is gonna be brutal.
03:44It's not a game.
03:45It's the realest eSport that you can get.
03:48You sit in a sim, you have your pedals, you have your wheel, you have...
03:53I mean, it doesn't get much more real than that.
03:57It's not a game.
03:58People who say that, they don't understand.
04:01So, they can just stay away.
04:02If you're not interested, don't say anything stupid about it.
04:06Like, whatever. Like, it's okay. Have a drink.
04:13We are gonna be joined today by a lot of amazing people.
04:17We've got our finalists from all over the world with us today.
04:20And, of course, Max Verstappen himself for one very important final.
04:25Yeah, absolutely.
04:28It should be organized.
04:28Ar Wouldn't let there be one half run after now.
04:32That's a long run.
04:33Yeah, that's full.
04:3418 hands.
04:34Yeah.
04:34So, I should have only in the 5th run, in the world.
04:37I put a reset path in there.
04:40No, I think I have no chance.
04:45Alright, we don't know.
04:46Awesome.
04:47See, as it also disappeared in the il1 önemli program.
04:49This was GTD and he probably had no chance.
04:51I definitely had no chance at a certain level.
04:53Are that if I had no chance at a game or something?
04:53Not at a equal expenditure.
04:55I mean, I barely have enough time to drive this, so to implement even more games, it's just nearly impossible.
05:02Yeah, but yeah.
05:04What should that be?
05:05Yeah, I've been running for a hundred hours.
05:07I'm just kidding.
05:07I'm just kidding.
05:14How are you, mate?
05:16Hey!
05:17Look up.
05:17Oh, hello mate.
05:20What is the fastest line through the penalty?
05:23You go inside outside.
05:26Just send it.
05:27I see him like, ah, very famous, top, top guy.
05:31But when you just, when you are with him together, it's like talking to very good friends.
05:38Am I using any DRS or battery shit?
05:40DRS is here.
05:43Where does it open, the DRS?
05:45It's on top left.
05:47Ah, it's here.
05:50No!
05:51No!
05:51No, you can't touch that.
05:52Yeah, you spin instantly.
05:56He comes in, first thing, spins.
05:58And he was like, ah, guys, what do I need to do?
06:00And we told him.
06:01And he didn't do it.
06:02And we were like, come on.
06:03Yeah, we are singing here, you know, last thing actually.
06:06Oh, gee.
06:07Send Max.
06:08What a skateboard.
06:09Oh, wait.
06:10No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
06:13What the fuck?
06:13You have to cut, Max.
06:15You have to cut on the inside there.
06:16You have to like, go super tight in.
06:17Yeah.
06:18And like, but don't go fully to the outside.
06:20It's more like a V-shade.
06:21It's like a center.
06:22It's a V-shade.
06:23Fuck.
06:24This little shit slide.
06:26The thing is, he knows he's good.
06:29He knows that.
06:30The reason for sometimes that we have to tell him twice or three times is because he just,
06:35he just expects that he has the better idea in that moment, takes three, four tries,
06:40and then he's like, ah, maybe you guys are right.
06:43Well, it depends, of course, on if it's the right feedback or not according to me.
06:48You have to tell him in a very passionate way.
06:53No.
06:53No, no, no.
06:56This is fourth gear also, man.
06:58What?
06:59Yeah, I mean.
07:00I use fourth.
07:00I use fourth.
07:01Never fourth.
07:02Yeah.
07:03Okay, well, once you guys make up your mind, you tell me what the time is.
07:06He does shit.
07:07Johnny did a 13 and I did a 10-4, so, I mean.
07:10Just listen to everything.
07:13Well, let's bring in Jao Biannata from Brazil.
07:16Take down the pros, please, guys.
07:18Come on, Paul.
07:19Oh!
07:20The competition was really cool.
07:21There were people who, like, are really good at the game, actually.
07:24It's hard to compete against people who have, like, a thousand hours on a sort of,
07:27some sort of game, and he has, like, 30 minutes.
07:29Oh, my God, Dion is there.
07:31So, what line here?
07:33He was a friend that I met in the local final, and he gave me a present, which was a
07:39piece,
07:39a replica of the jacket that Verstappen used in the 2021 championship, where he got his
07:45first championship.
07:46And I want to thank you very much.
07:47Thank you very much.
07:48Thank you very much.
07:49Thank you very much.
07:49Thank you very much.
07:50Thank you very much.
07:51Thank you very much.
07:51I mean, it's impossible to beat.
07:55It's like you put a rookie in an F1 car next to me.
07:58This man is a three-time world champion, Team Oracle Red Bull Racing driver.
08:04He loves his tomato soup.
08:06We can invite and get a massive round of applause for Max and Stafford.
08:08Big round of applause, please, everybody.
08:12Hi, mate.
08:13You all right?
08:13Good.
08:14Welcome.
08:14Hi.
08:15Yeah, no, it's great to be here.
08:17I practiced a whole 20 minutes, so it's going to be fantastic.
08:22How does it kind of feel competing next to Max?
08:24No, I'm just pretty much enjoying the moment.
08:27Good.
08:27Of course, it was hard to believe that I will be racing against Max.
08:32Now he's right there sitting next to me.
08:34It still feels like unreal to me.
08:37Yeah.
08:38It's amazing.
08:39It's amazing.
08:52Thanks.
08:55Good.
08:56Good.
08:58Good.
09:00Good.
09:01Good.
09:01Well, sim racing is a niche world.
09:03It's very small.
09:04You have the bigger games like Gran Turismo, which have a lot of users, but the competitions
09:11are a bit smaller.
09:12Then you have F1 Esports, which is huge because it gets pushed by F1 itself.
09:17So, it is big, but the sim racing part itself, like iRacing, the things that Max does, for example.
09:23It's a very small community, but the level there is so incredibly high.
09:27The biggest sim race of the year is on the cards.
09:30Now.
09:31Johnny, are you jumping in?
09:32Yes.
09:33Now, please.
09:34Well, long race, stay out of trouble.
09:37And most of them are also endurance events, so you have to share the car with other people,
09:41which I also find quite enjoyable.
09:45The car you cannot change.
09:47You can only add fuel and change tires during the race.
09:49So, everything needs to be perfectly set before the race starts.
09:54I can't see only set up from Max to stop, and that's the only thing I can see.
09:59Yeah, it's fine.
09:59It's fine.
10:00It's good.
10:01People maybe sometimes don't really understand that because they see us doing the race and
10:05be like, ah, it looks so easy for them.
10:08Just, they don't see what we do the three to four weeks prior to that.
10:12You never have enough time to test it all to 100%, but you try to, of course, yeah,
10:17get it to closest perfection as possible.
10:20And we're ready to go for the biggest sim race of the year.
10:24It's the iRacing Daytona, 24 hours.
10:27Extra stakes on the line.
10:28Spots in the 2024 MZ Sports Royal Championship.
10:32And we'll see it crash before the GTP is even done.
10:35Yeah, go with him.
10:37It's a mental top sport.
10:38You need to be super, super unique in a mental capacity to be able to win the biggest race in
10:44sim racing.
10:45Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.
10:46Try to be a bit closer, mate.
10:48Yeah, try, I'm trying.
10:50Don't worry.
10:50Yeah, even if it costs more fuel, I don't give a fuck.
10:53I'm trying.
10:55Deliver a lap time, and then on top of that, you need to do it under full stress.
10:59You sit there and your legs start shaking, and you feel like if I mess up now, it's gonna
11:04cost me 10k in price money.
11:06And that's a horrible feeling, and some drivers can handle that much better than the others.
11:12Of course, we lose 7-10, mate.
11:15Drop them, then these other guys will get them in corners.
11:17Just focus, stop complaining, it's a long race.
11:19Come on.
11:43I'll be back in a second, guys.
11:45I'm gonna make some food quickly.
11:59I drive myself for Team Redline luckily everyone is very good at their job you know so you trust
12:05each other a lot but yeah it's not only it's just a driving part but then in the background
12:09there are more things to to look at you go straight and on the right yeah right special entrance yeah
12:17here right yeah okay I like to be involved you know and see what's what's happening day to day
12:24ladies first Raymond this is where some of the magic happens this is basically where I work
12:35every day and we have a few drivers here full-time plus management marketing one of my tasks is to
12:41make sure that we have such an attractive team for the drivers to make sure that they want to
12:47be in Team Redline and I think that's our unique selling position we have obviously Max is a great
12:52ambassador and he's a very inspiring for everyone in the team so it's an honor to work with a driver
12:58like Max this is gonna be my new rig for in the motor my motorhome once it's ready fuck me
13:06this
13:06thing is massive it's really big you can use it as a you can play iris I met ups during
13:18my f3 season
13:20I was driving for Van Amers Ford and you spend of course also time on the simulator preparing and I
13:26think back in the day my engineer there Rick he said like we have this really good simulator guy
13:31that you know comes in practice he's done it before with other drivers for us in beginning
13:35it was mainly to drive with me to train we did a lot of one-on-one training in iRacing
13:40and where we
13:42practice overtaking on certain tracks iRacing had the laser scan version of Spa-Francorchamps but that
13:53was more for fun that we tried it on on simulator with the f1 cars at the time and I'd
13:57see how what
13:58kind of angles that you could overtake it of course we also crashed in in the Blanche mode like just
14:02touching each other normally that's not a corner where you would consider overtaking in a sim it's a
14:11bit easier I think their focus that we had on the game they were a bit slower in terms of
14:18top speed
14:18and a bit more downforce so when I went for the move in real life I had more top speed
14:23and less
14:24downforce so the moment was the car was moving around a little bit more I heard of that story but
14:36that was afterwards but I knew when he was side by side that he would not give up but I
14:41didn't know at
14:41that time when it happened that he already practiced that on the sim yeah it was fun at the time
14:48I enjoyed
14:49it a lot I don't think your dad enjoyed it no no one also Helmut he came straight after the
14:54race he told
14:54me never do that again I was like what do you mean I passed him it's okay now I understand
14:59why
15:04at that point I mean I was 17 still I think I was like I go for it probably I
15:09wouldn't do it now
15:11no no really no it's not worth the risk of of doing it yeah I would have easily maybe passed
15:17in the
15:18next corner or whatever but at the time I was like I don't care I can I will show everyone
15:24that it's
15:31possible and I was the other drivers find their way into the box instantly up on the Jackson and
15:36now it's time Bratton out as expected it's Max Verstappen that gets into the car yeah Max Verstappen
15:41on board the team redline Mercedes Max Verstappen gets on board the Mercedes there's a quick paint for you
15:57you're still thinking about the same kind of things like how can I improve the setup you go
16:01through all these kind of ranges you know you're working on strategy you you're defending of course
16:07overtakings you're doing starts you know there's a lot that of course what you do in a fun that comes
16:10back so I always feel that when I jump back in an F1 car that it just feels normal
16:45you know what I would like right now a kebab that would be so good no
16:53Turkish kebab oh so good right Cengiz yeah I love it I think it's honestly one of my my favorite
17:05like if you would tell me you're on an island you have your last meal what would it be Turkish
17:12kebab a kebab would definitely be included hat hat oh let's take the sticker off
17:40last year Max told us so guys you want to come to Zandvoort yeah for them you know to be
17:47part in
17:47that F1 paddock and see everything you know see the other teams see the other drivers and we were
17:52like we don't say no to that seeing what we saw at Zandvoort first of all the car insane I'm
18:06really
18:06crazy like ah just seeing that thing is I mean that was it like that was really the first time
18:12I got so
18:12close to a car
18:16it's crazy
18:35all the otherves
18:36oops
18:37jeez
18:38oh mate
18:40oh mate
18:41the smell of her
18:43Come on, mate! Put your gear in! Jesus Christ, it's not that hard!
19:06What is the difference?
19:0937 seconds. But we're losing a lot of time now.
19:16I mean, I think Boss should just, like, slow down.
19:19Why? No, we do over the night, we just get it back with the 33-labor, it's fine.
19:25We shouldn't give up five seconds.
19:27We just find it's stupid to give away five seconds.
19:33Yeah, Max is right.
19:36He's an inspiration for the guys, because what he does on the real track and what he says, he actually
19:42lives up to it.
19:44He likes to get into your head, and the effect he has on drivers is, once he pops up behind
19:50you in your mirrors, then you know you're screwed.
19:53So the Stormforce car is going to be left on its own here.
19:56Max Verstappen is going to go through.
19:57Careful, Tiger Racing.
19:58They've just found the gap up on the high side there.
20:02That's got three and four.
20:04Yes!
20:04Yes!
20:05Yes!
20:05Yes!
20:07Yes!
20:11Favela, Favela. Here's Favela, mate. You know that?
20:17I can't watch others. I hate that. Even if it's him. I mean, I know he is good. I know
20:23it. But, there's the biggest but. Sorry, Max, but it's true.
20:28See, it sometimes takes risks that others wouldn't take.
20:31And the main thing is, while he's doing that, he can talk, and he can talk about doing groceries, or
20:37talk about his new monitor, or new pedals.
20:40And meanwhile, he's driving the best laps out of everyone.
20:44We beating for the softs?
20:46No, no. We put the heart.
20:49Oh, Luis. You've got the stars in the garage.
20:53Plan D.
20:54Plan D.
20:54Plan C or D?
20:55What is Plan C?
21:12No, Luis.
21:12Now it's 25.0. Hohoho.
21:1625.0 for the next one.
21:18That's some of the moments that you have to be clarky and to make yourself a side side.
21:22You need to have some balls to like break at the very very last moment because I mean it's your
21:29life
21:40They will reach a peak of 16 your eyes are popping out almost it's ridiculous. You cannot really simulate that
21:58Oh
22:01Yes, please
22:02Oh
22:05Yes, yes, yes. Good job guys. Good job. My fucking legs. Good job Max. Yeah, you took me. That was
22:12very good. Yeah
22:14Yeah, what time do I need to be back for 53
22:21If you had that was okay
22:24Okay, I'll be
22:27I'm gonna go a little nap then
22:30Enjoy it Mitch. All right, chow
22:34Wait, hold on it goes down the inside of Mark here
22:38I love every slide we're going from Max but still keep me close wheel-to-wheel two turns two and
22:45three very well tonight
22:46Mike's not backing off it close in closer and close to max. He fakes the outside
22:51He goes down the inside makes the inside line and Max is gonna have to talk back in and not
22:57bad
22:57I
22:58Wouldn't say that I'm the outright fastest I think in terms of like qualifying pace or whatever
23:03But I don't think that's realistic as well because that's their job, you know
23:07That's that's what they have to do
23:08That's a profession every day or you know every week they have a certain amount of hours that they drive
23:13and of course
23:13I unfortunately cannot do that because of f1 and other stuff of course in life. He called max out
23:2013 into 14. He is feeling very good himself if we can get a massive massive round of applause for
23:27floris
23:28This is why you're winning the hardyton player zero zero it's a national
23:34event
23:34What an absolute winner
23:37Mike Gustafson p3
23:40Crossing the line and right behind with an amazing battle mark and plan from Canada some absolutely amazing racing these
23:48guys
23:48Got one more driver
24:02I
24:05Do feel that people with a lot of talent like in in the simulator world most of them
24:10They don't really have an opportunity in real life to show that or at least that we find out how
24:15good they actually are in the real car
24:17And so that is also of course something that i'm looking at how we can make that work
24:21You know in the future
24:30Well hello there everyone once again
24:33Delighted to be back here to the end of the iRacing daytona 24 hours first of our grand slams for
24:392024
24:41four
24:42sure plenty of people here peter are here to support max verstappen in that number four redline car that just
24:48continues to lead at the very front of the
24:50field but i'm sure there's plenty of other people
24:53supporting other teams and drivers
24:54Good morning
24:58Good morning
24:59I feel so tired
25:01I did four hours in a row slept for 20 minutes then went again
25:06Johnny's complaining about sleep
25:08Max is incredibly driven for results
25:12You're going front max or what?
25:15Well i think as far as if you go in front now Gustavo did i bump you
25:22He like keeps pushing us insanely hard
25:26I was expecting a japanese guy just to flat out going for it but
25:30I need focus on the driving
25:35Obviously when max talks in a firm way then everyone listens and then everyone is impressed
25:42Apex
25:43Water skis okay yeah
25:45Honey
25:46What do you mean?
25:47You are so stupid it's unbelievable how stupid you are
25:50I lifted so much
25:51Now you damaged the car
25:53You damaged the car
25:53Fucking focus man you damaged the car
25:56I did then
25:57You did
25:58I could see it
26:01I think you know if he could race as he talks i think you would win by one lap ahead
26:05of everyone else
26:09My god man it's not there's nothing i don't know what you're on about
26:13It's your fault that you hit that car because you're just not focused
26:16Relaxed relax
26:18No
26:19I mean he's uh he's a great guy he's good you know sometimes a little bit dramatic but that's okay
26:24We can deal with that and he's always done great whenever we really needed him to do well and that's
26:29something also quality
26:30You know that we're looking for it in a driver
26:47For me
26:48For me
26:48Yeah, I'm good and then it's very nice that new Astrolo's all is in the box 1 here and the
26:53last setter
26:55Hey hey hey how's it going?
26:59Rob, where's it going?
27:00Thank you
27:01Thank you
27:02Sim races, they are very used to be at home.
27:05It's not like any other sports where you need to be together.
27:08We talk a lot online. You never really see them face to face.
27:11Of course, you're on a meeting, cameras on or whatever,
27:15but it's not as personal as in real life.
27:18Final lap of the race is about to start.
27:20Frate Kalfner has come out of the start-finish straight.
27:23Don't do the fake braking on the bus stop, Max, on the last lap, please.
27:30And there are many examples where he was on track.
27:33Then he brings his laptop with his controller
27:35and he's driving on his controller in his off-time on the racetrack in Formula 1
27:39to help the guys in the Sim team making a set-up.
27:42That's how he is. That's what you don't see on TV.
27:45But the guy is pushing through every wall just to help his racing family.
27:53Yeah, we're going next Sim.
27:54Yeah, we're going to the finish line, go to the finish line.
27:58Come next to me.
27:59Team red line, one and three.
28:02But Max Verstappen, Gianni Vecchio and Oli Steinbrack
28:05now winners of the biggest Sim race of the year.
28:08Bravo, guys, bravo.
28:10Well done, yes.
28:12Can I blow up the car?
28:14You can blow it up, yes.
28:21You still get the same emotions, for me at least.
28:24At the end of the day, it's the same,
28:25because I celebrate in the car with my helmet on, you know.
28:29I'm celebrating with myself.
28:32And then, of course, you go to the people, but that's fine.
28:35I mean, the people are in your PC, more or less.
28:38Good job, Gustavo.
28:39Bravo, ragazzi.
28:41Rezema.
28:43Smoke the pancake.
28:44Take care.
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