Does Lewis Hamilton Use an F1 Racing Simulator? Sir Lewis Hamilton is the most successful driver in Formula 1 history, but has the seven-time World Champion made use of what is now a staple across the grid: the F1 Racing Simulator? We look at how his attitude towards this has changed since he made his debut in 2007. Video Transcript Formula 1 testing is on this week, so I wanted to answer one of the most popular questions on the internet when it comes to F1 testing i- is that surrounding a certain Sir Lewis Hamilton, who is of course driving for Ferrari for the first time in 2025. He'll be taking part in the pre-season testing in Bahrain. And I wanted to answer the question as to whether Sir Lewis Hamilton uses a racing simulator. Now, you might be wondering, well, does he? What is a racing simulator in this actual example? Well, of course, all the teams in Formula 1 have very complex racing simulators to simulate the, as best as they can, the virtual equivalent of the real-life car to test it without actually going on the track, because of course, testing in Formula 1 is very time-consuming, it's very physical, it's very expensive, and most importantly, it's very limited these days in Formula 1 as well. The days of unlimited testing are gone, and frankly, they're never gonna come back. I can't see that happening. But does Hamilton use a simulator? Well, early on, he didn't really rely on simulators so much. Now, this is partly because racing simulators when Hamilton was first getting started in Formula 1 in the, in the late 2000s, of course he made his debut in 2007, which was 18 years ago now, which makes me feel old. But he didn't