British Formula 1 driver Lando Norris claims that his passion for video games is a crucial ingredient in his burgeoning success as a professional racer.
“When I play games that require a lot of brain power, they keep me focused,” Norris — Formula 1’s fourth-ranked driver for 2020 — said in an interview with the Official Formula 1 magazine.
For the 20-year-old up-and-coming F1 star, gaming hones the skills and instincts required to react to a real-world circuit with speed and precision.
“[Video games] give me a similar feeling to when I’m driving a car. How can I do this better? How can I improve this corner? Where can I overtake the car in front?”
In addition to driving games and racing simulators, Norris is a fan of military-themed shooters like Call of Duty. He considers them “very different worlds, but they correlate in so many thought processes [like] the way you…
