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F1 embraces its Mario Kart moment

Mar.13 Ferrari posted a social media video from Shanghai of Charles Leclerc playing Mario Kart on his steering wheel display in the cockpit – a tongue-in-cheek embrace of the mockery that has followed Formula 1 since Melbourne. It preceded Max Verstappen doubling down on the gaming comparison in Thursday's FIA press conference, where the Red Bull driver was asked whether simulator work gives drivers an edge managing the 2026 cars' complex energy systems. 'I found a cheaper solution,' Verstappen said. 'I swapped the simulator for my Nintendo Switch and yeah, practicing a bit of Mario Kart, actually. 'Finding the mushrooms is going quite well. The blue shell is a bit more difficult,...
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