Schumacher: Most drivers suffer in simulators

Michael Schumacher plays down reports that motion sickness affected F1 return

Michael Schumacher (GER), Mercedes GP Petronas
Michael Schumacher (GER), Mercedes GP Petronas
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Michael Schumacher insists he isn't the only driver to suffer from sickness while using a♊ simulator after reports emerged that the German had been struggling in the machine used by the Mercedes team.

Although denied by the Mercedes tea♊m, reports had suggested that Schumacher's struggles last year had been partly down to the fact that the seven-time champion was only able to spend limited time in the simulator.

Schumacher hi⛦mself has now insisted tha🍬t there were no problems from using the simulator and said that a number of other drivers suffer a similar issue themselves.

"I think almost all the drivers that I know have had it (motion sickness)," he told the Telegraph. "When we had our first simulator at Ferrari I had exactly this f🦄eeling already so it's nothing to do with age. People get used to it by going through c♔ertain processes."

T🐬he German also said that he didn't feel that the simulator🍰 is as vital as some teams make out.

"As far as I ꦜunderstand there are some other top teams that have a simulator bu🍃t make very little use of it," he said. "For us drivers the main benefit of them would be to get used to a track. But for me personally that has never been an issue. I don't see the big advantage of them."

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