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Nico Müller practices at home: As a gag in a complete outfit including a helmet.
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Vice champion Müller in the Audi: The DTM is not expected to start until July.
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Corona forced break: Müller has a professional simulator delivered to his home.
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The Formula E season started in Riyadh last November, but is now interrupted.
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Most important private appointment of the year: Müller and his Victoria become parents.
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Nico Müller (28) should actually hurry from race to race this season. The racing driver from the Bernese Oberland competes in two championships with the DTM and the ABB Formula E.
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But now the only place where Müller is still driving is at home. Home office as a racing driver? It takes a little more than a laptop. That is why Müller quickly acquires a professional simulator for the Corona forced break.
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The racing simulator specialists from the Racing Academy in Horgen, ZH, deliver the professional device to the DTM vice champion right up to the front door in Blumenstein BE. “For the time being he’s rented. Because I hope that I can drive real cars again as soon as possible, »says Müller.
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Training for the reflexes
As a gag, Müller climbs onto the new device with all his racing clothes including a helmet. “But otherwise the training pants are enough,” he says with a laugh. But practicing at home is something the DTM star takes seriously. Especially since the Bernese Oberlander has also got another device for muscle training.
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«The simulators are very good these days. It is a good training for reflexes and feeling, »says Müller. Online races are also possible. Müller competes virtually against DTM opponents and Swiss racing drivers like Neel Jani, Patric Niederhauser and Alain Valente.
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Müller also learns racetracks that are new to the calendar in the DTM. The calendar, which has been completely redesigned because of Corona since last week. Season start is expected to take place on July 10th at the Norisring in Nuremberg instead of the beginning of May.
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Müller becomes a father in August
That is why the Bernese Oberlander hopes that ABB Formula E will continue. The E-Prix on June 21st in Berlin would be next in the electronic championship.
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But when Müller is actually back in the car will only be shown by the course of the virus crisis. Therefore, the only reliable date in the near future is currently a completely different one: at the end of August, Nico and his girlfriend Victoria become parents for the first time!
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