All eyes on Mike Danner

The 29-year-old Mike Danner comes from Buochs in the canton of Nidwalden and has been a customer of ours from the very beginning. At that time when we were still called Formula V, Mike found out about our competition via the social media and immediately signed up for it with his twin brother Simon. Normally he works as an aircraft mechanic at Pilatus Flugzeugwerke in Stans. In his free time Mike likes to hike as a balance to everyday life. This summer he has found his passion for motorcycling as well.

The brother is almost like a team mate in motorsport. You are very close and yet this is the first person you want to beat on track. This is no different with the twins Mike and Simon. But Mike doesn't see rivalry behind it, but the possibility to push each other and become faster together. As it seems, they are not only next to but also on the track twins. They each drive more or less identical lap times.

Until a few years ago Mike didn't really know the term Sim-Racing. He played Gran Turismo or the F1 game from Codemasters, but he discovered the fun of it through a colleague who showed him how to become even faster. He developed a passion for it, so he bought a Play seat and the appropriate equipment. But the virtual pleasure should not remain the highlight of his racing experience.

Since a few years Mike and his brother have been going to the Pannoniaring in Hungary to participate in track days and time attack competitions. By means of driver coachings he learned the necessary tricks to become faster in a formula car. He is therefore one of the few drivers in our field who has real racing experience in addition to the simulator. Nevertheless, he can practice much more often in the simulator than in a real car. About 8 hours per week he sits in our simulators and practices. Since he works during the week, there is almost only time for training on the weekends.