Video shows you the evolution of the F1 steering wheel

Before you can even think about getting behind the wheel of an F1 car, you’ve got to know how it works.

The wheel, that is.

And it’s far more complicated than it seems. There are different buttons for the pit limiter, DRS, engine mapping settings and more that make the modern F1 steering wheel look more like a gaming controller than what you’d find in your typical street car.

While we all know that F1 steering wheels were simpler back in the 1960s, what’s surprising is just how long the wheels remained that simple, with most of the development and changes not really coming about until the late 1990s.

So sit back and enjoy as Donut Media takes you through the evolution of the F1 steering wheel.