Hiring an eSports champion to do simulation testing, even before you build a real racecar: ... make no mistake, simulator driver is a proper job in the modern F1 team. For the last few years the sport has heavily restricted real in-season testing of the cars, so there has been greater and greater emphasis put on driver-in-the-loop virtual testing. <https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/11/the-mclaren-formula-1-team-just-hired-the-worlds-fastest-gamer/>