From the fine design website Oobject comes their take on formula 1 user interfaces, or, as us gear heads would say, steering wheels.
Stirling Moss said, “All cars have five wheels: the four road wheels and the steering wheel, and the steering wheel is the most important.
If you doubt that, just look at the offerings here.
At the moment, the current BMW wheel is the most popular. I can understand that, and I think a lot of people are drawn to it’s biomorphic design. Personally, I’m drawn to the current Ferrari model (big shock, huh), even though it’s simpler and not as ‘wow’ as the the BMW.
Note all the toggles and dials and LED displays … the amount of control a driver has is just staggering. Diff settings, engine mapping, auto-nutral in case of a spin, air-to-fuel, pit lane speed limiters, a full spectrum of control is literally at their fingertips. Everything but break biasing, which, the rules state, must be under mechanical control (i.e. a cable). Everyone seems puzzled as to why that is, and darn if I got an answer.
I know what your thinking … “Boy, that sure would look cool in my car.”
You’re right, it would.
But, like all things racing (and especially in F1), it’ll cost you. A lot. As in tens of thousands of Euros.
So, as Graham Hill said, “Speed equals money sir. How fast would you care to go?”
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