The current two-time Formula One world champion won the first race of the season and is now in the lead for the championship. Max Verstappen, the Dutch driver for Red Bull, is going for his third consecutive title and kicked off the Formula One World Championship with a win at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday. He beat out his teammate Sergio Perez from Mexico and Fernando Alonso from Spain, who finished on the podium in his first race for Aston Martin.
Verstappen is an experienced and frequent simracer who loves competing with other racers and teammates in simulators when he can’t drive his actual race car. He’s become a significant ambassador for simracing since his name often appears at the top of the leaderboards on racing platforms.
Ever since Verstappen entered the world of high-level racing, he’s made it a priority to supplement his training and on-track learning with simracing. Many of the driving techniques he uses in his style come from practicing in simulators with other racers.
Max understands the benefits of simulation and likes to use it whenever possible, as he finds it enjoyable. He has a unique cockpit that includes a Playseat F1 Ultimate cockpit and a Sim Engineering wheel with a Leo Bodnar engine and base. The pedals are Heusinkveld Ultimate and he uses a set of Samsung 32-inch curved triple screens, with an additional screen for race information.
He complete the setup with a Heusinkveld shifter and handbrake, wireless helmets and a carbon fiber seat, presumably made to order.
Max can be seen competing in iRacing special events with his Team RedLine team and in official races of any discipline under his name or his father’s (his smurf account). It all depends on the F1 calendar and his commitments.
A PC completes the set to move everything with the necessary fluidity.
| HARDWARE | COMPONENTS |
|---|---|
| Base | SimSteering Ultimate |
| Wheel | Ascher Racing McLaren Artura Ultimate |
| Alternative Wheel by Asetek | Asetek Forte Formula Steering Wheel |
| Alternative Basewheel by Asetek | Asetek Invicta Direct Drive Wheelbase 27Nm |
| Alternative Basewheel by Fanatec | Fanatec ClubSport DD+ |
| Pedals | HE Ultimate |
| Shifter | Shifter Sequential MagShift Heusinkveld |
| Handbrake | Heusinkveld Handbrake |
| Monitor | HP OMEN 34c |
| VR | NA |
| Cockpit | Cooler Master Dyn X |
| Seat | Included |
| PC | May 2024 Sim Racing PC Build |
| Headsets | Logitech G ASTRO A50 X |
| Keyboard and Mouse | Logitech MK470 |
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Really with a 60Hz monitor ? Wow
you dont really need more than that for triple monitor sim racing. better to have consistent 60fps at 3x4k then a jumpy 60-90 on higher refresh rate monitors.
We are not really sure about them, but could be. It’s a picture from some time ago.
He isnt on 60hz
Triples are g7 144hz 32″…
Thank you Pablo. Fixed!
The headset he is wearing is astro a40 not Sennheiser
Changed! Thank you, couldn’t identify it.
Have any of the drivers considered motion bases or VR vs triples?
Any idea what all this would cost?
I would say rounding 15000 euros. Maybe more with the last inflationary prices.
No Buttkicker or haptics?
AFAIK nope. Maybe he added them later.
what brand is the carbon seat?
and what brand is the monitors supporter?
Thank you so much
Seat is included with playseat ultimate, as it written on the table
Screen support is unknown
As far as I’m aware it’s the Tillett B2
Does anyone have any idea what monitor stand the monitors are mounted on? It looks nice!
How do you know which pedals he uses? You can’t see them in this pic. I can’t see Max using HF pedals, they’re junk compared to what’s out there today
HE Ultimate+ junk? There was a picture.
So, what’s your bet much much better than that? Active pedals?