F1 Steering Wheel Explained - What Do All Those Buttons Actually Do?

An F1 steering wheel has A LOT of buttons… but what does each of them do? With the help of Renault Sport F1 Reserve Driver, Jack Aitken, we dive into all the details.

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[mikenew]

Can you tell us a little bit about steering wheels?

Aitken: *10 minutes later*
Kimi: It steers the car.

[deveshsachdev]

My car has a play/pause button on its steering wheel and that's pretty cool too

[PaMS]

The fact that the drink button is not standard in consumer vehicles is honestly an outrage

[marks]

I thought "Oil" button was to release an oil slick...

[ilxosarui]

F1 drivers playing piano while racing at 300 km/h...

[MUMusiX]

My keyboard has more buttons than a F1 car. So I drive F1 with more complexity.

[hardihaelme]

"So you have got no excuse if Vettel is screaming BLUE FLAGS behind you." - Jack Aitken, 2018

[pietroruiz]

Almost like your road car, but not really, cause it's an F1 car...

[pdbMusicAcademy]

My dad died in 1996, he was such a huge fan of F1.

I'm so sorry he couldn't enjoy YouTube and the crazy amount of information available nowadays.

[angelgomez]

Imagine being required to take your drivers test with this steering wheel

[davkrod]

This button : Outdated.
This button : Not used anymore.
This button : Outlawed.
This button : I don't know.

And there it you wanted to know about a F1 steering wheel.

[justanordinaryman]

How many buttons do you need for your Steering Wheel?
F1: YES.

[ВалерияРоманова-юм]

is it just me or does he talk about 2012 like it was 100 years ago?

[nslouka]

He explained it and yet I learned nothing

[daniyalrehman]

Maldonado's car also has a torpedo button

[DarkSide]

3:08
"D is for drink. It delivers nice hot water into your mouth" I lost it😆

[JFein]

Having this explained by a real driver instead of a YouTuber was brilliant.

....not that there’s anything wrong with YouTubers, it’s just that he seems to know the minutia of things in a bit greater detail :)

[TechBuilder]

Currently building an Electric Racebike for my new project, then I stumbled upon this channel. You guys inspired me so much to put up new things in designing the aero, chassis, fiberglass shells and mostly the electronic boards from scatch. Tho the channel features cars, learned a lot of things that can get adapted to it. Love it!

[Google_Does_Evil_Now]

If they can do this at 200mph then why can't we text and watch a movie at 90mph?



I'm joking.

[daniyalrehman]

Hard to believe a guy like Kimi would learn to use all these buttons. I've always imagined him as a guy who only needs a throttle, brake and a normal steering to enjoy his driving.