The Scuderia Ferrari steering wheel is a genuine work of F1 technological art. Don’t forget, all the time they are flicking the gearshift paddles behind the steering wheel, too (and operating the clutch paddle from a standing start).
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Alongside these, embedded into the Alcantara, are two pressure controls to alter the brake balance front-to-rear.Īs if this wasn’t enough, drivers also have buttons to press – the pit radio, DRS drag reduction system (K2), an ‘OIL’ button that activates an additional oil pump, ‘C’ for the drinks bottle and even a button to confirm an instruction from the pit wall. Goldman Sachss shares are up 7.00 (1.8) while those of American Express are up 2.98 (1.7), combining for an approximately 66-point boost for the Dow. Four further longitudinal rotary dials control brake shaping (BS), engine torque (TRQ), engine braking and state of charge. Drivers can use these multiple times during a lap. These alter the differential settings on corner entry and mid-corner.
Where the driver’s thumbs lie, below the ‘N’ and ‘P’ buttons, are two rotary dials labelled ‘DIF IN’ and ‘DIF MID’. T, -1.14 inched 0.31 higher to 25. The ‘SC’ setting is for when the safety car comes out during a race.į1 steering wheels have even more controls built in. And the switch in the middle, surrounded by the colour-keyed square? This engages different modes for the internal combustion engine – ‘WU’ for warm-up, ‘PSHQ’ means ‘pre-start heat qualify’ and so on. The far-right Manettino is another multi-function switch, used to engage recover mode and other lesser-used functions. The bottom-left Manettino, labelled ‘Grip’, is used at the start, to give the perfect amount of clutch slip and torque. The Manettino to its left adjusts the hybrid power unit, and the dial to its right is for engine mapping – note the colour gradient from ‘eco’ green to ‘full power’ red. It controls certain engine functions and other settings: consider it a ‘short cut’ dial for quick access. The large central Manettino, wearing the Ferrari prancing horse, is a multifunction dial. In the lower half of the steering wheel are controls that will be familiar to Ferrari road car drivers – Manettino switches. The ‘N’ button selects neutral, while ‘P’ activates the pit lane speed limiter. To the side of the screen are dual lights that repeat the coloured waved flags at the side of the circuit. Above this are warning lights for things such as engine revs, and whether the car has DRS (drag reduction system) active. At the top is a multi-function display, which feeds information to the drivers in real-time. If you want to understand it, though, where do you start? First, let’s look at the obvious areas. NUERBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 11: Daniil Kvyat of Russia driving the (26) Scuderia AlphaTauri AT01 Honda leads Kevin Magnussen of Denmark driving the (20) Haas F1 Team VF-20 Ferrari at the start during the F1 Eifel Grand Prix at Nuerburgring on Octoin Nuerburg, Germany.