Max Verstappen’s passion for simulator racing does not “harm” Red Bull. That is the insistence of Dr Helmut Marko, the man most directly in charge of the energy drink company’s Formula 1 driver program. At the top of that program is back-to-back reigning world champion Verstappen, who recently lost his temper when computer problems ended his own team’s participation in the virtual Le Mans 24 hour simulator race. When asked if Red Bull has concerns about Verstappen’s outburst, or whether he is happy that the Dutchman is now less likely to race in the virtual world, Marko answered: “The opposite is the case.

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