Lewis Hamilton told to stay away from Ferrari F1 assistance tool used by team-mate Change your timezone: Lewis Hamilton told to stay away from Ferrari F1 assistance tool used by team-mate Hamilton made a big announcement in Canada Lewis Hamilton has been urged not to use the Ferrari simulator by an F1 pundit after his performance at the Canadian Grand Prix. F1 simulators have been marked as a useful tool in a modern drivers' kit, with the younger generation of drivers such as Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Ollie Bearman and more, all growing up with its assistance. For older drivers such as Lewis Hamilton, however, the simulator isn't as preferable, with his distaste for the simulator floated as a reason for his potential downturn in performance last year. At the Canadian Grand Prix last weekend, Hamilton revealed his old-school approach with the simulator and was asked why he has moved away from using it. Far from ignoring it last year, Hamilton also confirmed how much he was actually using the technology, to what he believes was a detriment. He told the media: "With simulations, I feel that the goalposts are always moving. “Last year I used it every week and more often than not, I felt that you do all the work on the sim and you find a set-up that you’re comfortable with, you get to the track and everything’s opposite so you’re undoing the things you’ve learned. "Some of the ways you approach the corners, you have to shift and adjust. The set-up that you felt was good on the simulator is not the same as the track sometimes. Sometimes it is, so it’s kind of hit and miss. “I just decided for this one, I was going to sit it out and focus more on the data.