The steering wheel of a Formula One car looks, well … nothing much like a conventional steering wheel. In fact, new fans of the sport might mistake it for a video game controller or a prop from a ...
In this video, Rory Reid meets Ferrari veteran Carlo Tazzioli, who shows him how the modern Formula One steering wheel works, how it evolved -- and how it's closer to your computer than the round ...
One would think that driving a Formula One car is both fun and thrilling – among a multitude of attributes, of course. And it's not like we're going to argue that, as we feel the same way. It's just ...
In the preceding post, The Drive’s Guides & Gear team broke down a lot of what a Formula One steering wheel does. We talked about every button, knob, rotary, paddle, light, and screen, what they do, ...
While Formula 1 teams are required to operate within a $140 million budget cap, the components being fitted to their cutting-edge cars aren't where teams put the financial squeeze. For example, the ...
Slotted behind the car’s halo and set deep within its tub, F1 drivers have more than two dozen buttons, knobs, rotary dials, menus, displays, and LEDs to interact with on the steering wheel. Again, ...
Glancing at a modern Formula 1 race car's steering wheel reveals a very complex contraption, and it's just as in-depth of a wheel as it suggests. Mercedes-AMG, the reigning F1 champion, recently ...
Modern Formula 1 steering wheels are more complicated than the U.S. tax code. Operating all the buttons and switches while navigating a race course is like conducting an orchestra, except that ...