Joystick Racer - With 200 km/h over the race track

A childhood dream becomes reality for Janis McDavid

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities has been celebrated every year since 1993 on December 3. It aims to raise awareness of the concerns of people with disabilities. The PARAVAN GmbH and Schaeffler Paravan Technologie GmbH & Co. KG impressively demonstrate how inclusion can also work in motor sports. An action that encourages other people to become mobile and overcome barriers. Janis McDavid drove more than 320,000 km without an accident thanks to the drive-by-wire technology Space Drive and with the help of a 4-way joystick in recent years. Now the native of Hamburg gets into a race car...

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