May 7 Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul says he will not force Daniel Ricciardo to get involved in online sim racing. Australian Ricciardo, sitting out the corona crisis at his family's farm outside Perth, said this week that he does not think "spending hours" on a home simulator is a good idea. "Before you know it, I'm missing training sessions and I feel that the training is more productive," he said. However, his team boss, Abiteboul, is a supporter of the kind of virtual racing that is currently taking place and entertaining disappointed F1 fans. "It is real entertainment but also a performance platform," he told France's Auto Hebdo. "We are keeping a...
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