Damon Hill suggested that “computer games” and simulators may be giving the new generation of drivers a real-life advantage.

Hill threw this interesting theory out there in relation to the struggles of Daniel Ricciardo, pondering whether the use of simulators and video games could be helping younger drivers like Lando Norris, who has had the beating of Ricciardo at McLaren since they became team-mates from 2021.

Norris, as well as 2022 Drivers’ Championship leader Max Verstappen, are both regular Esports competitors, this discipline and simulator work proving very familiar for most of the drivers entering Formula 1 in recent seasons.