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How F1 Teams Actually Use Simulators

A team simulator is a lidar-scanned virtual test track on a motion platform that responds in milliseconds. Its value depends entirely on one unglamorous thing: correlation.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 2, 2026

Poster reading every change costs you something, F1 car setup, showing mechanics working on a red Ferrari number 44 in the garage with callouts for wing level, brake bias, suspension and ride height, above the words locked at qualifying.

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F1 Car Setup Explained: What Teams Actually Change

Setup is a set of compromises made before the car is locked. Wing level, ride height, brake bias and tyres, what each one trades away, and when the freedom ends.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 1, 2026