THE NEW GENERATION OF SIM RACER
Lando Norris is part of the new breed of F1 driver schooled by simulator technology. But how useful is it? Who benefits more, the driver or the F1 team? We visited him at home to find out… From the outside, Lando Norris’s Guildford flat looks more ‘suburban normality’ than ‘Formula 1 driver’s mansion’. But inside it’s a world of simulators that look like they’ve been lifted from the flightdeck of a spaceship, piloted by a young man who feasts on Weetabix and salad cream on pizza.
When you walk into his flat, there is an entry foyer lined with shoes – rows of trainers organised from light to dark in colour – leading into a main room that appears almost normal; a dining table and chairs, a large TV, a fireplace and big bay windows, with taupe carpets from wall to wall.
It’s not your stereotypical teen pad, even more so thanks to the part we haven’t got to yet – the two massive simulators positioned just in front of the lounge door, which would be the cause of massive envy for any self-respecting motorsport fan.
Norris’s set-up is made
