If you thought the Panamera has a lot of buttons

[Marty Kocse]

get a load of the steering wheel for a formula 1



story here

For those of us too lazy to read the whole story...

• Yellow N button: Selects neutral from 1st or 2nd gear.
  
• BRKBAL (brake balance) rotary switch: Adjusts the front and rear brake balance.
  
• Black Box button: Confirms the driver’s intention to come to the pits.
  
• Blue and orange S1/S2 buttons: These can be programmed for various funcutions.
  
• Entry rotary switch: This allows the driver to make changes to corner entry settings of the differential.
  
• Orange and green BRK-/BRK+ buttons: These change the brake balance between a programmed position and the current BRKBAL rotary position.
  
• IGN (ignition) rotary switch: Controls ignition timing.
  
• White ACK (acknowledge) button: Acknowledges changes in the system.
  
• PREL (preload) rotary switch: Controls the preload differential offset torque.
  
• Red Oil button: Transfers oil from the auxiliary tank to the main tank.
  
• Black BP (bite point) button: Activates the clutch bite point finding procedure.
  
• DRS (drag reduction system) button, upper left edge of the wheel: Activates the rear wing flap in the DRS zone.
  
• Red PL (pit lane) button: Activates the pit lane speed limiter, limiting the car to the designated pit lane speed limit (typically 100 km/hr).
  
• Black R button: Activates the driver radio transmission.
  
• SOC rotary switch: Controls the state of charge of the ERS energy storage system, whether the system is generating or consuming energy.
  
• Pedal rotary switch: Changes the pedal map dictating how the accelerator pedal responds to inputs.
  
• Fuel rotary switch: Controls the rate of fuel consumption.
  
• Black OT button: Activates configurable performance maps to assist the driver in overtaking or defending.
  
• Tire rotary switch: Tells the ECU and other systems what type of tire the car is running on.
  
• BBal-/BBal+ switches: These are used to make fine adjustments to the brake balance offset.
  
• MFRS (multi-function rotary switch): This allows the driver and engineers to control a variety of systems that don’t require a dedicated buttons. They include engine modes (PERF), rev limiter (ENG), air-fuel ratio (MIX), turbo-compressor (TURBO), corner exit differential (VISCO), MGU-K recovery limits (BRK), MGU-K boost limits (BOOST), dashboard options (DASH), cruise control (CC, disabled for qualifying and the race), shift type (SHIFT), and the clutch bite point offset (CLU).
  
• White -10/+1 buttons: These allow quick navigation of maps from the MFRS dial.