Let's see here the steering wheel that Sebastian Vettel used to steer his Red Bull-Renault RB8 to his third World Championship in 2012.
The steering wheels of the F1 cars are all hand made from exotic materials such as carbon fibre, aliminium, magnesium, titanium and they contain hundreds of tiny electronic components to make adjutments to the car, engine and gearbox.
There are buttons for the KERS, the Kinetic Energy Recovery System and the DRS, Drag Reduction System along with the usual array of toggles, switches and levers.
Button Function* DIF Adjust the behaviour of the differential N Puts gearbox into neutral RADIO Push to talk to the team X Sets a marker in the telemetry to indicate a problem is encountered. DRINK Push to drink DEFAULT Reset certain settings to their original values TYRE Driver adjust this knob to tell the team about the tires and adjust electronics to suit different tires KERS Select KERS settings CLUTCH Select clutch adjustment MIX Change engine's mixture settings FW. EN Tells the team if there's a need to change front flaps angle REV Allow more engine revs to pass another car OIL Activates supplementary oil tank for engine OK Driver acknowledge if radio does not work FAIL Command all systems into a fail-safe mode just to get the car going again PIT Activate speed limiter in the pit lane TRO Change throttle pedal map *The functions of the buttons and switches are estimates.
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