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Why do F1 teams need simulators? - with Aston Martin's Stoffel Vandoorne

F1 Explains

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The Job of a Simulator Driver

There is a lot of safety features in the simulator, so you're not going to get shaken around. It's pretty brutal hours, depending on where Formula 1 is racing at the time. Sometimes that's a night shift - starting at 7pm and finishing at 4 or 5am. But we'll be kind of assisting the racing team on track. So usually after FB2, there's a lot of data being generated at the track. And then that gets fed back into the factory.

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