The Incredible Evolution of F1 Steering Wheels

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F1 steering wheels have come a long way. They used to be just for turning the car but now they are SO MUCH more.
But how did we get from massive wooden steering wheels to sculpted carbon fibre units with more computing power than your laptop?
Let's walk through the steering wheels from every era or F1.
It may seem funny to us now, but wheels weren’t the first choice by car manufacturers for the apparatus to turn their vehicles. They started off with a lever that looked like a joystick you would play video games with in the 1990s (if you can remember that).
Luckily, they thought of a different way of doing it and the steering wheel was born. There was nothing flashy about the F1 steering wheels of the 1950s - they were literally lifted from the road cars at the time.
They were LARGE, some reaching over 40cm in diameter. That’s similar to what you would find on a van or a truck, and were made out of aluminium for the inner wheel and timber for the rim. They looked beautiful, but this wooden rim did cause some issues, as drivers complained of getting splinters while driving.
The cars of the 1950s didn't have power steering so the large diameter was necessary for the driver to get the leverage they needed to get the car going where they wanted it to. The thin tyres of the day didn’t provide much grip either so the drivers spent most of their time sideways.
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@chellom292 Год назад

Gentlemen, a short view back to the past. Thirty years ago, Niki Lauda told us ‘take a monkey, place him into the cockpit and he is able to drive the car.’ Thirty years later, Sebastian told us ‘I had to start my car like a computer, it’s very complicated.’ And Nico Rosberg said that during the race - I don’t remember what race - he pressed the wrong button on the wheel. Question for you both: is Formula One driving today too complicated with twenty and more buttons on the wheel, are you too much under effort, under pressure? What are your wishes for the future concerning the technical programme during the race? Less buttons, more? Or less and more communication with your engineers?

@piccoloatburgerking Год назад

I'm sorry can you repeat the question?

@crusherbmx Год назад

How long did it take you to memorise this?

@Vr4nj3s Год назад

Literally the first thing that came to my mind when i saw the title of this video, i wanted to find this comment, and luckly for me its the first one hahahaha

@Bearcat299 Год назад

Can I ask you, who's this question is to? Who do you want to answer it? He said it, it's for Nico and myself, you didn't listen, can you repart the question?

@einfachferdinand5578 Год назад

Can I ask you who that question is to? Wh- Who do you you want to answer it??? Seb: No he said it is for Nico and myself so... You didn't listen! Can you repeat the question😂

@chilledpenguins8381 Год назад

Nigel Mansell warping his wheel because of the forces through Eau Rouge is insane. Really puts into perspective how hard the cars of that era were to drive.

@NicotineRosberg Год назад

Or how strong that mustache of a man is

@mintgoldheart6126 Год назад

@@NicotineRosberg definitely the mustache's fault

@jacobmanitowabie-cooke6141 Год назад

Thats his dad for you

@N1lav Год назад

Nigel Mansel - Fighting the car into submission Aurton Senna - Feeling the car and making it dance Choice of steering wheel pretty much sums up their driving style

@Hal9023 Год назад

Not true, back then everyone fought the car, it’s just how they drove.

@mikaelbihl-matias9462 Год назад

@@Hal9023 more or less Alain Prost wasn't fighting the car if you watch onboards of him driving

@timjohnun4297 Год назад

@@Hal9023 I think the cars of the early to mid 90's were actually among the easiest to drive. Mansell said himself a trained monkey could drive the car. (I know that is a bit of an exaggeration). A lot of driver aids were removed after Senna's crash in 1994

@S-Ark7 Год назад

"Not my dad" got me so good! Great video!

@gluca069just___it9 Год назад

It was Forghieri who invented and introduced for the first time paddles to replace the stick to change gear in 1979; Villeneuve did not like them and the idea was parked in Ferrari archives. Barnard just re-proposed them in 1989; all this for the sake of correctness.

@myronianny Год назад

exactly

@marcodeangelis5905 Год назад

Right

@randomdude8877 Год назад

Wow, i wonder if F1 had changed if they went 10 years earlier with the design.

@nlpnt 3 месяца назад

@@randomdude8877 Not just F1, imagine trying to transfer the technology to road cars on a pre-electronic transmission like a GM THM350 or Ford C-6. You'd have to pull the paddle hard enough for it to act through a Bowden cable onto the valve body.

@Nellsism Год назад

I’m always stunned by how an F1 driver can have the presence of mind to fiddle with their 87 switches while essentially riding around in a bucking bronco going 200+ mph

@kriaz9916 Год назад

I struggle in f1 games to press the right button sometimes, let alone double the buttons in a real race car

@KomradZX1989 Год назад

I laughed out loud when you were talking about bespoke wheels and said, “Nigel Mansell (NOT MY DAD)…” 😂 I know I assumed you were related until I looked it up a few years ago 🤣🤪. Love all your channels! Can’t wait to see how your Subaru does with 304hp soon!

@eTiMaGo Год назад

I always had a doubt too, now it's gone :D

@AmirPomen Год назад

Im like: wait what? Not your dad realyyyyyyyyy? 🤣🤭😹

@MirrorMountain Год назад

This hahah

@Sandfeld Год назад

You steered this video quite well, there's no turning back on that

@frzzzdtm Год назад

cool pun

@CommentFrom Год назад

wheely good pun I cant believe you managed to steer it in that direction

@Hal9023 Год назад

@@CommentFrom and you just had to drive it into the wall!

@MrSaemichlaus Год назад

@@Hal9023 That comment took a turn for the worst.

@Ob1tuber Год назад

😑😑😑😑

@fredyicey Год назад

I have been looking forward to a video like this, since i‘ve been always amazed by the technologies fitted into the steering wheels from the 90s to now on. Also, sole wheels are just absolutely beautiful for example Michael Schumachers wheel from 2000-2006, the McLaren wheels from the late 90s to the mid 2000s and also i think the Williams wheel today looks fantastic!

@number2pensyl557 Год назад

I’m just glad the sponsor wasn’t Established Titles! LMAO

@vaughan9238 Год назад

its a massive scam

@PannenTheKoek Год назад

I see them everywhere all of a sudden, and many people in the comments calling it a scam. How come content creators don't do more research into their sponsors..

@MC--- Год назад

@@PannenTheKoek Sometimes you gotta keep the lights on and pay your employees. RU-vid is a non-stop grind. I wouldn't want to rely on RU-vid as the foundation of a business model.

@cashmasters99 Год назад

3:38 "...not my dad..." SUUUUURE

@SideshowBen206 Год назад

"..., not my dad." 🤣

@nemoclavon566 Год назад

“with more computer power than your laptop” Desktops: Not some of us

@df006 Год назад

I absolutely love these evolution videos

@bother9732 Год назад

I absolutely LOVE your evolution series keep it up!

@noizy514 Год назад

'Not my dad' 😂

@Alex.The.Lionnnnn Год назад

"not my dad" lmao

@aaronmachado13 Год назад

Great video and something Id recommend is doing a video on sprint cars and their unique design that lets them go full throttle through a corner

@BOABModels Год назад

The handle on the first cars are called 'tillers' and they are still used on many boats.

@Jason-gt2kx Год назад

You are becoming my favorite F1 and racing channel. Thank you for such in depth analysis on interesting topics!

@BOABModels Год назад

Enzo Ferrari's horse quote doesn't make sense as F1 cars were always rear wheel drive. One of a few times he was stubbornly conservative when faced with progress in Motorsport.

@aaronaaronsen3360 Год назад

There's also the famous "aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines". But yeah, that comment aged like milk.

@CreakingJordans Год назад

With Latifi gone whom do you guys think will decide next year's championship? (Post;Do not include Latifis ghost)

@CommentFrom Год назад

I think mazepin is gonna make a suprise comeback

@TheZanzaroni Год назад

Lance Strulovich takes the vote for me.

@06dpa Год назад

The ghost of Canada

@smallbutdeadly931 Год назад

I think I'll always prefer a deep-dish style wheel due to the amount of control it gives over the car.

@HxTurtle Год назад

in the mid nineties, a "drink"-button was actually one of the first to be introduced .. alongside the radio button. I didn't really see that in your video.

@EL1AS_ Год назад

Mid 80's*

@douglaspealing5608 Год назад

No kimi you will not have the drink

@HxTurtle Год назад

@@EL1AS_ oh, really? didn't know about that. then this even must've been like the very first button ever. technically, you don't really need this button; you could just suck really hard as well. it's more convenient, though. (when you make use of such a button, then it needs to work; no sucking out the drink possible, anymore.) Mercedes was pretty keen about the fact that they actually used a windscreen sprayer motor from their production cars within their formula one cars .. the only part shared with the production line, though 😅

@aaronaaronsen3360 Год назад

@@HxTurtle depend on where the drink tank is placed, if it's far you couldn't suck it easily. Furthermore I think it could mess with the breathing when you drive, which is already complicated (I heard some amateur pilots talking about how they forgot to breathe during cornering as the concentration and forces where so intense)

@HxTurtle Год назад

@@aaronaaronsen3360 yes, I definitely have no clue as to how it works without any (electromechanical) aid. I was just going off from the assumption that drivers might've already drank during the race before the advent of this button. they always drove in great heat (just think about Phoenix, for instance, where the air is also very dry as well). yes, it's extremely strenuous especially inside an F1 car. like 4.5g sidewards acceleration during cornering and another g on top of that under braking is something the untrained person isn't easily able to withstand. g-forces are highest in Formula One; no other series can match with that. in NASCAR, they pull something like .9g in the corners. even street legal cars can top that.

@FarrYaweh Год назад

It's incredible. A few years ago we saw some drivers throwing the wheel out of the cockpit in frustration - fully aware how much the bloody thing cost to make. Always left a bad taste in my mouth seeing drivers disrespect the work and engineering behind the wheel like that.

@ianmcwilliams6453 Год назад

I wanted to pause the video at the parts where you show all the instructions around the modern wheels - fascinating but I wasn't able to freeze frame it in the right place!

@PharasaLahat 11 месяцев назад

imagine activating the DRS but accidentally pressed the DRINK button instead 😂

@DJB_02 Год назад

Lewis Hamilton already started redesigning the steering wheel while at McLaren, he only refined the concept further at Mercedes. You can already see in his 2012 onboards he already had his bottomless design: “What a lot of people don’t actually know is that I re-designed the steering wheel when I was at McLaren,” “And when I came to Mercedes, I did the same thing, and the other teams have all copied the wheel." “Now, you’ll see there's a top and the handle comes down and it doesn't join at the bottom" - Lewis Hamilton

@schkann1384 Год назад

3:37 ah scotty 😭🗿 even though your content is so technical about F1 you never fail to make me laugh in tears

@carmatic Год назад

so far, the buttons on the steering wheels have been on-off switches it would be interesting to have gamepad-style sprung 'triggers' with proportional control at the back of the wheels, maybe for metering out the amount of electricity being used by the hybrid system , or for changing some parameter of the vehicle as part of the driving manouevres as opposed to dialled to a fixed setting as instructed over the radio

@aaronaaronsen3360 Год назад

It would be quite tricky with the vibrations and all that's going on in the car. As for those "triggers", I think it'd already the case with the paddle clutches.

@carmatic Год назад

@@aaronaaronsen3360 you mean paddle shifters? paddle clutches are what engages the drivetrain to the engine... paddle shifters are still on-off switches, you either shift gears or you dont

@carmatic Год назад

@@aaronaaronsen3360 in regards to vibrations, this is where the concept of sprung mass comes in, the triggers just have to be light and their springs have to be stiff, now you also have to account for the mass of the driver's finger pushing on the trigger now if the problem is the driver reflexively tightening their finger in response to driving conditions, that's a matter of ergonomics i.e. what is the best thing for the car to do in a situation where the driver would want to squeeze harder on the steering wheel

@aaronaaronsen3360 Год назад

@@carmatic I understand that modern F1 racing wheels have paddle shifter *and* paddle clutches, in order to get the car off the starting line. And those are analog, since you can't use on-off switches to control those. Still, I saw some guys building off-road vehicles with steering wheel analog controls, so I guess it could be possible. It's faaaaar from F1 tech of course, their channel is called GrindHard Plumbing Co

@fltribes Год назад

Very informative especially the NOT MY DAD part, 🤣 but now I like you for who are. 🤗

@edfleming9600 Год назад

It wasn't a joystick, it was a tiller, from boats. Backwards, but a tiller.

@raydriver7300 Год назад

I enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing 🌞

@pjottrpjottr3468 6 дней назад

I got a car with a $ 30.000 steering wheel, but the rest of the car came along with it. LOL

@fourfour7168 Год назад

"not my dad" lol

@despizedicon Год назад

When is the display gonna be in the helmet?

@TheGreatDiabeto Год назад

Nigel Mansell, (NOT MY DAD)

@VincentFischer Год назад

F1 steering wheel more power than a Laptop? I highly doubt that. There is merely a microcontroller inside

@gordonwallin2368 Год назад

From Spads, to Spitfires, to Mig15s to F4s to F18s to F35s. Or Brough Superiors, o Harley Davidsons to MV Agustas, to Vincent Black Shadows, to Triuphs Bonnivilles, to Norton Players to Honda750s, to KawasakiZ1s to Suzuki Hayabusaa, to Ducati Penagalis. Whew. Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

@zikaypo6270 Год назад

we should now call steering wheels "steering rectangles"

@robertn2951 Год назад

Whenever they tell you that "back in the days, it was difficult", remember that they had truck steering wheels and no buttons on them. Imagine a fat F1 driver of "back in the days" trying to figure out the steering wheel with 15 buttons.

@Fred_the_1996 Год назад

And the g forces

@aaronaaronsen3360 Год назад

I think that may be why at the time the experience was more important than the physical fitness and you had older drivers and champions.

@umi3017 Год назад

Why all F1 sim/mods out here not work like a Flight Sim add-on that all buttons on the steering wheels are simulated?

@crusherbmx Год назад

Finally addresses the elephant in the room....."Nigel Mansell, Not my Dad."

@davinajanes6275 Год назад

I really thought you were Nigel's boy. I've had conversations with my husband about why you look nothing like him. I'd always thought that if I got stuck in a lift with Nige and his wife, it would be more uncomfortable than I would like. I'd had her down as a "wrong un". "Dirty little Hussey" I thought. Quite funny really. I can't be alone in thinking you were related. Great channel. A real addition to the viewing material. Thanks.

@61percentodicarica Год назад

The Williams wheel looks gorgeous

@smarterboy47 Год назад

I cant believe how small those older f1 cars look going through Eau Rouge, the modern ones look 4x the size! I really wish we could take back to the old era of f1, where there was a lot more driver involved than car. There is no power steering and confusing engine modes, DRS for overtaking. Just a gear shifter, pedals and a steering wheel. F1 was a lot more driver back then.

@XPdan- Год назад

5:02 even ferrari back then we’re having issues 💀💀💀

@rolandmclovin1499 Год назад

But can the current F1 steering wheel run Crysis?

@aaronaaronsen3360 Год назад

I don't know but it will definitely run Doom

@forbiddenera Год назад

The steering wheel does NOT have more power than any average laptop. It's just a microcontroller

@karlosh9286 Год назад

I just wonder what a GP driver of the 1960s to 70s would make of the 2020s steering wheel ...

@filipposstavro1233 Год назад

"Not my dad" lmaoo

@mx2004mx Год назад

how can a steering wheel with buttons have more computational power than a computer?

@fusebox173 Год назад

I always thought you were Nigel’s son.. I am not disappointed. ;-)

@joshuarodriguez7653 Год назад

I always thought Nigel Mansell was your dad

@pigfrompiggies19 Год назад

3:39 “Not my dad.” darm

@Z1G.2fx Год назад

The nigel mansel meme 😂😂 3:38

@harrydapilot Год назад

Hounest The video that got me into f1

@DaveMcIroy Год назад

3:37 - yeah, right.

@martinnoble5207 Год назад

First steering mechanism not exactly a "Joy stick" rather a tiller for a boats rubber methinks!

@bumpergoed Год назад

Weird, pleasant, no ads on the video

@SH_Hof Год назад

I highly doubt modern F1 steering wheels having more computing power than my laptop.

@tturi2 Год назад

I would love to put more controls on my steering wheel,

@sierramunroe6869 Год назад

The 2022 sterring wheel of the thumnail looks like a gamer controller that will realese in 2050

@ronniemaeker9102 Год назад

Next...helmets with displays and retina activated controls...

@prodbybabygod7411 Год назад

Ive been lookin forward to this video since last time you posted it!!!

@chicobicalho5621 10 месяцев назад

I always thought F1 teams could make lots of extra cash selling "older" sreering wheels to rich people. For insistence, a Schumacher, Vettel, or Hamilton steering unit could potentially sell for a whole lot of cash. BTW, what do teams do with obsolete wheels from years past?

@queenslander954 Год назад

Then there’s a whole to do with development of indicator stalk’s

@ATEC101 Год назад

There is a direct correlation between the size and complexity of F1 steering wheels and the size and density of the drivers 'minerals'. As diameter decreased and buttons/dials/switches increased, there was a commensurate decrease in 'minerals'. Look at the suits of the past compared to modern suits, there is no room. This also coincides with the introduction of lap belts and later full harnesses, the density of the 'minerals' went from near neutron stars to barely marshmallows. BWHAHAHAHAA

@harry4454 Год назад

God I love Driver61

@captainalieth Год назад

Gentlemen, a short view back to the past...

@danielsgrunge Год назад

The old steering wheels were so good looking

@markcotter4213 Год назад

How about very few buttons and voice commands?

@bavelbenjamin Год назад

Nigel Mansell is not your dad? Uncle?

@HxTurtle Год назад

3:39 would this read, "my dad" it'd be actually more convincing 😅

@constantinosschinas4503 Год назад

Joystic is the wheel of the past. Joystic is the wheel the future.

@dejanvanderputten3017 Год назад

What is the reason williams still have the screen in the car?

@BenMarvin Год назад

0:13 Dang, they got a RTX 4080 in there?

@oren2000 Год назад

how are you verified with 300 subscribers

@joshuapowers4623 Год назад

I maintain a lot of this stuff need to be stripped away, and combined with the insane aero, is most of the reason why there's so little passing. When you can set the cars for each individual corner, there's no room for the driver to "get more" without being given a better car.

@ericjrparent Год назад

I get that f1 is all about extracting the most possible but we're reaching a point where the drivers have too little to do with the race. So much data during the races being analyzed, telling drivers when to lift and coast for their strategy... I'd prefer simpler cars and more all out driving like we see in indycar

@M1nht0theMan Год назад

3:37 🤣

@chrisvanbuggenum871 Год назад

"NOT MY DAD" lol

@chinchillamaster2639 Год назад

The evolution of F1 steering wheels video from Donut Media is also pretty good, give it a look!

@bobmaster6244 Год назад

what was the game he used for demos called?

@eugenev6269 Год назад

The horse pushes the harness that pulls the cart.. The horses action is pushing so no wonder he came around..

@johnnessuno6515 Год назад

"going thru Eau Rouge,," Nope, that's Radillion

@elwinzkji Год назад

Wowzer

@not_kjb Год назад

From hola hoop to playstation 8 controller

@tartusmaximus179 Год назад

The steering wheel we have today which Hamilton claims he designed and should have copyrighted if he did design it I think he would be smart enough to copyright it🤦‍♂️😂

@lordomacron3719 Год назад

Nope since he developed it in house with Mercedes they own all the patents and copyright. Since he is an employee not an independent contractor. See the story of Cat Eyes retro-reflective road lights. The man who invented the US version made no money since he was an employee of the Highways department. While over in Europe the guy was independent of the Highways Administration so was able to patent it and get paid.

@michimibsi829 Год назад

Not my father 🤣🤣🤣

@georgeoliver8300 Год назад

Haven’t you made this video before ?

@wertiff541 Год назад

That was cockpit not steering wheel

@the_lost_navigator7266 Год назад

Aren't all the steering wheel and display electronics made by McLaren now? And number of functions limited? I also read somewhere that they were looking to introduce a standard steering wheel for all teams, bit think the idea may have been dropped?

@nicholassansone670 Год назад

Did you guys do this video already?

@KarlJorgensen1968 Год назад

Why don't they have "heads-up" displays inside the helmets? Having the right information displayed there seems sensible - so the on-car (or on-wheel) displays can display _other_ (less-often-used) information?

@aaronaaronsen3360 Год назад

I think it has to do with the weight of the helmet. A small HUD wouldn't add much mass, but when you take into account the high G-Forces their head are submitted to, it quickly adds up. But I don't think it'd be that unreal in the future to see this technology appear.