Racing Formula One is like being inside a fighter jet that’s zipping through impossibly winding roads at 200 MPH. There’s a lot going on. Piloting a powerful race car through the twisting roads requires a steering wheel that can control and handle all those changes on the fly. It also makes for a steering wheel that doesn’t look like a wheel at all.
Source: Gizmodo – Video Annotates All the Buttons That Are Being Pressed on a F1 Steering Wheel During a Race