News Details

Technical Insight: The steering wheel

F1 cars are extremely complex machines - even their steering wheels are not exactly self-explanatory at first glance. So, courtesy of Mercedes, we're taking a closer look at some of their many functions and how they are designed and built. Mercedes 2019 steering wheel has a total of 25 buttons and switches and, of course, the clutch and the shift paddles. Five of those buttons and switches change the brake settings of the car: the driver can shift the brake balance from the front to the rear or vice versa, to optimise the brake balance for an individual corner, change the amount of engine braking or adjust the brake migration, which is a dynamic change of the brake balance depending on how...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Marko: The RB15 is the best and most expensive we have...

A Red Bull upgrade originally scheduled for April’s Chinese Grand Prix...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Marko is certain: "We will win at least five...

Helmut Marko doesn't lack any confidence as Red Bull's first season with...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

VIDEO: Mercedes reveal differences between 2018 and...

The Mercedes W10 has plenty to live up to, after its predecessor - the W09...
6y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Power speeds to top in IndyCar Long Beach practice

Following a couple week break, the NTT IndyCar Series returned to action...

Iowa Speedway’s IndyCar weekend gains new sponsorship

Iowa Speedway has announced a new title partner for the 2025 IndyCar...

Indy 500 veteran and NASCAR team owner Shigeaki...

Shigeaki Hattori, a two-time competitor in the Indianapolis 500 and...

Long Beach weekend ‘crucial’ for Kyle Kirkwood’s...

Kyle Kirkwood is returning to the scene of his first IndyCar win this...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Outback diplomacy: Finnish ambassador braves...

o Haapea hopes to raise $30,000 for cancer research as he navigates the...
6d ago from TheGuardian.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mikel Arteta hails Declan Rice for ignoring Arsenal...

t;li>Rice scored two free-kicks against Real MadridNicolas Jover had...
4h ago from TheGuardian.com

'I’m not giving up on that tie' - Spain boss Luis De...

Spain manager Luis De La Fuente has thrown his weight behind Real Madrid...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal set for huge defensive boost ahead of Bernabeu...

Arsenal’s commanding 3-0 lead over Real Madrid gives them a golden...
10h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Arsenal plotting blockbuster summer move for Real...

Arsenal are eyeing a sensational 30 million bid this summer for Real...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.