Its rare to see such a detailed insight into an f1 car component this recent. (TBH maybe they still use the same wheel on the current cars) Hats off to you man.
@@DaSpaceJammer i've been researching about steering wheels a lot lately, im sure Haas still uses the SF71H steering wheel in 2022, it is just not practical to change it when it works fine, they got to remade all the molds and tests. Didn't knew it was Kimi spec though
Romain, 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?
At the pay scale these drivers are on, I would expect nothing less, honestly. They better know that thing backwards, as well as how and when to use the functions.
@@earthb67 the drivers grow up using these kinds of buttons in junior formula series, and nearly all of them aren't on any pay check, even formula 3 drivers, it's just the pinnacle of the motorsport where you see some serious paychecks that comes from the fame. So I wouldn't expect anyone in their rookie year or junior series to have "mastered" the layout as you want them to
It’s mainly all second nature for them. They don’t really think about it. It’s like a person getting on their phone in the morning. They don’t think about it
@ 6:09 "I think I showed you as much as I could. Probably gonna be ah...gonna be told off for doing that, but I really wanted to share that with you guys..." Isn't this guy the best?!
Merci Romain for an in-depth explanation of a state-of-the-art F1 steering wheel. It was a lot more complex than I imagined and my hats off to the F1 drivers for thinking about all the combinations available to maximise the performance a such high speeds. Super job and continued success with your career.
Wow, my respect for Formula 1 drivers just went up even more. That is a LOT to keep track of, and that's just the STEERING WHEEL. Thanks for the in-depth video, Romain!
Omg! I would need a class on each button individually that affects the car! I've seen Lewis Hamilton, during a race, make adjustments for virtually every turn on the fly. He's adjusting brake balance, possibly the differential as well and having a conversation with Toto while negotiating a turn and racing another car. That is an incredible feat that very few can perform successfully with consistency.
Romain your openness on social media is commendable, it feels like this way people can get to know or understand you much better as a person which garners you much more support on track as well. Been following you in Indy, love to see you enjoying yourself there. Much more centered around racing there, whereas F1 is just about power plays.
This makes me think of George Russell subbing for Lewis, going from the Williams wheel with no on-wheel LED screen to the Mercedes system and then back again right near the end of the racing season. I hadn't given that any thought then. So many opportunities for mistakes every lap, especially when the heart rate is up. This makes it more impressive.
Well tbh I think they actually build a wheel for GR leading up to that weekend most functions would stay the same as on Williams as its actually a Merc underneath.
Fun fact: When "Erricson hit Grosjean" he had accidentaly switched the brake-mig to the highest setting, wich made him lock the rears as the ballance was way too backwards:))
Thanks Romain! Question: If there’s a button to indicate tire deg, does that mean most of the “tires are gone” type talk is bluffing? Or is it just to emphasize the point that the tires are going?
The teams can see the switches and buttons positions, so if they have an agreement it is possible to bluff. I think the Mercedes for example got 3 buttons that does nothing on the car. The "PC" (pit confirm), the "X" and the "mark", that sets a marker in the telemetry if the driver needs to recall something at a certain point (it was widely used in 2020 preseason tests when they activated the DAS, probably cause they wanted to see in the telemetry exactly where the device was activated, the "marker" text on the dash wasn't actually activated by DAS itself). Plus they got the tyre switch, that sets the car for different thread thickness, they can use that as well, they won't be setting it for new tyres when the tyres are actually gone
I'm impressed how insightful this was even though it wasn't that long. Thanks Romain! I've been shopping for F1 rims for my sim and have been trying to figure out which one has every input I need to 1:1 simulate it, this helps a lot!
Thanky you, thats definitly the best steering wheel explainer video i have seen yet, cause in many videos things wont get mentioned because, the teams want to keep some of the switches secret
Romain Grosjean thank you for Showing and explaining how F1 Steering wheel work as you was driving for Hass F1 team before. Thank for a brilliant understand a lot.
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?
And I was impressed with myself using the DRS, ERS and fuel-mixture buttons in the F1 2020, 2021 games. It's crazy how much they have to learn and all the while doing it during a race, racing other people, at 340km/h and g-forces acting on your body. Incredible.
It makes so much sense that now i know how the "mode" look like. Listening to the team saying "push mode" etc. Merci Romain pour cette explication ! :)
Great video Romain. The drivers are very skilled being able to remember what all those buttons and switches do, and having the ability to operate them at 200mph, while other cars are also at 200mph, trying to overtake them. Kudos to the drivers for being able to this.
I love this because he doesn’t talk about the Neutral Button and other simple buttons he explains the complicated buttons and rotary switches and dials
Nice and clear. Much more in-depth than the usual steering wheel videos (for apparently obvious reasons). ;) Can you at some point make a comparison between Indy and F1 steering wheels?
Number 1, I love your RUclips channel! All very interesting and fun 🙂. Great job on the races and also on all the issues that you cover. That was a great steering wheel run done and super interesting for all of us longtime F1 and Indycar fans. Keep up the great work and knkw that we all love your channel , and your racing. JB
Hey Romain! Huge fan from F1. Love to see all the content you’re making and im still following you in IndyCar, you were the reason i started watching!! keep it up!!
Hi Romain, just wanted to thank you for your awesome content. I like your attitude and your content is great, highly informative and easy to follow. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for this Romain! Brilliant explanation- also, very happy to see you excelling, even if it means we sadly dont get to see you in F1 right now! Keep up the great work! 👊 🤜
What a fantastic and detailed rundown. Huge thank you (and here's hoping you don't get called into Günther's office 😋) Quick question about the quick switches. Did you mean that the switch position could be set up with a range of settings that change together? So right switch up had preset settings for differential, brake balance, energy recovery etc, and right switch down has the same elements but with different settings... So that you could have switch up with the basic settings for long open parts of the track, and switch down with the basic settings for an area with a sequence of tight corners?
Awesome video, the sound of all the switches and buttons is so satisfying and positive. Great P2 today at Long Beach, shame the late cautions stopped your charge, hopefully first Indycar win isn't too far away
That’s the most in-depth steering wheel explanation I have ever seen and you did a fantastic job.
Definetly
Agree
Ye
Helps having an actual F1 driver explain it!!! Awesome explanation
Agree
Its rare to see such a detailed insight into an f1 car component this recent. (TBH maybe they still use the same wheel on the current cars) Hats off to you man.
Yep, Haas and Ferrari both still use that wheel
Yeah they still use the same wheel, they rarely change them. They’re been running that wheel at Ferrari & Haas since 2015 & 2016 respectively.
@@DaSpaceJammer i've been researching about steering wheels a lot lately, im sure Haas still uses the SF71H steering wheel in 2022, it is just not practical to change it when it works fine, they got to remade all the molds and tests. Didn't knew it was Kimi spec though
Romain, 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?
Can you repeat the question?
Hahaha love this,
i was literally reading that with the weird accent in my mind lol
I'm screaming 🤣🤣
🤣🤣❤️❤️bless
It never fails to amaze me how f1 drivers are able to keep track of all of these things while going 200 mph lol
yeah and here i am literally not using any of them cause it will only complicate me. lol
At the pay scale these drivers are on, I would expect nothing less, honestly. They better know that thing backwards, as well as how and when to use the functions.
@@earthb67 the drivers grow up using these kinds of buttons in junior formula series, and nearly all of them aren't on any pay check, even formula 3 drivers, it's just the pinnacle of the motorsport where you see some serious paychecks that comes from the fame. So I wouldn't expect anyone in their rookie year or junior series to have "mastered" the layout as you want them to
Yeah I can't even find all the buttons playing call of duty... wheh
It’s mainly all second nature for them. They don’t really think about it. It’s like a person getting on their phone in the morning. They don’t think about it
the question is does the drink button work? It always seemed broken on Kimi's car
Kimi’s was probbably broken due to heavy use
its not broken, just the liquid on the hose always freezes on kimi.
@@xcbrr50 good one 😂
The team disabled it because they knew kimi secretly mix it with an alcohol
@@rogue5360 He only did that to keep the fluid from freezing in the line.
@ 6:09 "I think I showed you as much as I could. Probably gonna be ah...gonna be told off for doing that, but I really wanted to share that with you guys..."
Isn't this guy the best?!
This is a really good video to learn about how much actually happens on the steering wheels
Finally a true in-depth F1 steering wheel explanation. Thank you Roman this was so informative and entertaining.
Merci Romain for an in-depth explanation of a state-of-the-art F1 steering wheel. It was a lot more complex than I imagined and my hats off to the F1 drivers for thinking about all the combinations available to maximise the performance a such high speeds. Super job and continued success with your career.
Wow, my respect for Formula 1 drivers just went up even more. That is a LOT to keep track of, and that's just the STEERING WHEEL. Thanks for the in-depth video, Romain!
Omg! I would need a class on each button individually that affects the car! I've seen Lewis Hamilton, during a race, make adjustments for virtually every turn on the fly. He's adjusting brake balance, possibly the differential as well and having a conversation with Toto while negotiating a turn and racing another car. That is an incredible feat that very few can perform successfully with consistency.
Romain your openness on social media is commendable, it feels like this way people can get to know or understand you much better as a person which garners you much more support on track as well. Been following you in Indy, love to see you enjoying yourself there. Much more centered around racing there, whereas F1 is just about power plays.
NASCAR steering wheel: This is the radio button… and this is the part you grab to turn left
And of course turn right on the road courses
Not funny
@@Aim____Higher cope
@@Aim____Higher I heard Amazon has some good deals on copium right now
@@Aim____Higher who?
Very informative, interesting and well-explained :D
Great job Romain and thank you!!
This makes me think of George Russell subbing for Lewis, going from the Williams wheel with no on-wheel LED screen to the Mercedes system and then back again right near the end of the racing season. I hadn't given that any thought then. So many opportunities for mistakes every lap, especially when the heart rate is up. This makes it more impressive.
Well tbh I think they actually build a wheel for GR leading up to that weekend most functions would stay the same as on Williams as its actually a Merc underneath.
Fun fact: When "Erricson hit Grosjean" he had accidentaly switched the brake-mig to the highest setting, wich made him lock the rears as the ballance was way too backwards:))
This channel is great for F1 experts as well as folks who are brand new to the sport like me.
It's so awesome that Romain has been putting some of his time into making such great videos! Love you Romain!
Thanks Romain! Question: If there’s a button to indicate tire deg, does that mean most of the “tires are gone” type talk is bluffing? Or is it just to emphasize the point that the tires are going?
The teams can see the switches and buttons positions, so if they have an agreement it is possible to bluff. I think the Mercedes for example got 3 buttons that does nothing on the car. The "PC" (pit confirm), the "X" and the "mark", that sets a marker in the telemetry if the driver needs to recall something at a certain point (it was widely used in 2020 preseason tests when they activated the DAS, probably cause they wanted to see in the telemetry exactly where the device was activated, the "marker" text on the dash wasn't actually activated by DAS itself). Plus they got the tyre switch, that sets the car for different thread thickness, they can use that as well, they won't be setting it for new tyres when the tyres are actually gone
Hello Romain, What is your thoughts on the Willaims wheel with the screen on the car? also hope to see race in person this year!
the sound feedback it makes on every button you press it's so good.
wow - I expected the wheel to be complicated, but not this complicated. Great video and great explanation. Thank you.
I got lost once he went to the front of the steering wheel. 🤯
I'm impressed how insightful this was even though it wasn't that long. Thanks Romain! I've been shopping for F1 rims for my sim and have been trying to figure out which one has every input I need to 1:1 simulate it, this helps a lot!
Ive been loving all of the new videos. Keep it up Romain!
man you are a legend. since lotus f1 days and also indy i have the fortune to be alive to see your skills behind the steering wheel !!!!
I loved this video! Thank you 🙏 for sharing the secrets of the F1 steering wheel! Keep up the great work!
Very in-depth explanation of all of the buttons and dials on the steering wheel. Considering the short time you covered a lot of information.
Thank you Romain, I never understood all this Buttons, but now I do! Thanks!👍
Thanky you, thats definitly the best steering wheel explainer video i have seen yet, cause in many videos things wont get mentioned because, the teams want to keep some of the switches secret
Romain Grosjean thank you for Showing and explaining how F1 Steering wheel work as you was driving for Hass F1 team before. Thank for a brilliant understand a lot.
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?
And I was impressed with myself using the DRS, ERS and fuel-mixture buttons in the F1 2020, 2021 games.
It's crazy how much they have to learn and all the while doing it during a race, racing other people, at 340km/h and g-forces acting on your body. Incredible.
It makes so much sense that now i know how the "mode" look like. Listening to the team saying "push mode" etc.
Merci Romain pour cette explication ! :)
Thank you Romain for a detailed explain of the steering wheel, it was so educational man, amazing job 👏🏻
Great video Romain. The drivers are very skilled being able to remember what all those buttons and switches do, and having the ability to operate them at 200mph, while other cars are also at 200mph, trying to overtake them. Kudos to the drivers for being able to this.
Great race at Long Beach. Your first win in Indy is coming Need some race weekend vlogs!!
thank you for sharing!!! miss you in f1 but tbh i'm just really glad you're alive and well. happy to find you here on utube.
Romain, I'm so glad you made it through your crash in Bahrain. Scary time for sure. Thank you for your videos. Much love from a fan in America. 🇺🇲
Hey Romain!
Great video, can you just explain how many settings you would need to change during a safetycar.
Thanks.
Thank you for that deep dive into the complexity of F1 steering wheels
Most informative wheel demo on RUclips!
Best F1 steering wheel explanation ever !
THIS is the video I've always wished for. So in depth!!! Thank you, Romain!!!
one of the best movies explaining how the steering wheel works!
I love this because he doesn’t talk about the Neutral Button and other simple buttons he explains the complicated buttons and rotary switches and dials
This was amazingly in-depth. Is there a general screen you see in the race (ie that you can see from the cockpit camera) that you could go through?
awesome to hear what everything does from a driver himself, thanks
Congradts on the P2 @LongBeachGP 🤟🏻🏁
Great video now I want even more to dismantle one to get a deeper insight in the behind technology on what processors and switches that they use 😀
This is really easy for me to understand. Thanks Romain
I found the pit limiter to be the most interesting. Only because its something I never had considered, thank you Romain!
Was expecting not to learn anything, very informative thank you!
Wow it’s like playing a piano while driving! Loving ur content well explained💕
babe, wake up. new Romain video dropped!
Nice and clear.
Much more in-depth than the usual steering wheel videos (for apparently obvious reasons). ;)
Can you at some point make a comparison between Indy and F1 steering wheels?
Thanks Romain this was an awesome video and insight into the F1 steering wheel.
Amazing video mate! Thanks for this, I really enjoyed it.. keep up the excellent work!
Thank you for the precise explanation. Hope you don't get in trouble. It was very good, thank god someone did it.
This is my ASMR, those clicks are mad satisfying!
Super cool to see all this... What a gadget nightmare you guys have to manage while going at warp speed, impressive!
You know, you seem like a very likeable person. Been watching the F1 series on Netflix and it is getting me hooked on the championship.
Legend Grosjean, class explanation of F1 wheel, quality stuff.
Crazy to think you have to be able to use all those options while racing. Thanks for the video and looking forward to the race on Sunday!
Thank you for this in-depth view, good luck in Long Beach
Good Luck for the Race Tommrow Romain!!!
Thank you Romain! That was awesome! hope to see you back on the grid again one day!
I think we've all wondered what functions were on the wheel before, so thanks for that Romain. Cheers! keep up the great content!
Number 1, I love your RUclips channel! All very interesting and fun 🙂. Great job on the races and also on all the issues that you cover. That was a great steering wheel run done and super interesting for all of us longtime F1 and Indycar fans. Keep up the great work and knkw that we all love your channel , and your racing. JB
So cool watching you share with us! Makes watching you drive the car that much more fun! Looks like you're working hard!
nice video, also gutted for you today, it was going to be a great lap.
Mind-boggling stuff! 💯🤙🏼
Hey Romain! Huge fan from F1. Love to see all the content you’re making and im still following you in IndyCar, you were the reason i started watching!! keep it up!!
Very very interesting video Roman! Merci for explaining all does little buttons and such on a wheel.
Thanks a bunch for sharing Romain! This was super cool! Never knew about the tyre diameter thing
What an epic video. Great to hear the details and what an awesome souvenir 🏁🏎
Hi Romain, just wanted to thank you for your awesome content. I like your attitude and your content is great, highly informative and easy to follow. Keep up the good work.
That was such a great explanation and so interesting! Thank you Romain
Thank you for this Romain! Brilliant explanation- also, very happy to see you excelling, even if it means we sadly dont get to see you in F1 right now! Keep up the great work! 👊 🤜
Amazing video Romain! Your doing so well in Indy and on RUclips! Keep up the amazing work
Thanks Romain, I really love your Videos. Keep it up :)
Happy to see you are doing well since the fireball. Your indy career is already very impressive. Cant wait to see you race again.
Yes this was a very in-depth explanation. Thank you!
Great job Romain! Thanks for making this video :)
Romain great race today!!!
I’ve always wanted to see how they worked! Thanks Romain!
Thank you Romain. Wish u the best
Thanks for that inside information on your steering wheel it’s probably the same now since it’s fairly recent
Great in depth!!!
Super interesting video. loved it.
Great result yesterday Romain! Looking forward to the next race at Barber.
dang, how did I miss this, you are a natural youtuber LOL
This is such a great video, I've always wondered what all of the different things on the steering wheel might do.
What a fantastic and detailed rundown. Huge thank you (and here's hoping you don't get called into Günther's office 😋)
Quick question about the quick switches. Did you mean that the switch position could be set up with a range of settings that change together? So right switch up had preset settings for differential, brake balance, energy recovery etc, and right switch down has the same elements but with different settings... So that you could have switch up with the basic settings for long open parts of the track, and switch down with the basic settings for an area with a sequence of tight corners?
Awesome video. Thanks for sharing all that information. My hero
Thanks Romain, always a big fan 🙏🙏🙏👍
Awesome video, the sound of all the switches and buttons is so satisfying and positive. Great P2 today at Long Beach, shame the late cautions stopped your charge, hopefully first Indycar win isn't too far away
Great Video Romain, was soo informative, love content like this.
Amazing ...all those settings and using them at speed...true talent..thanks for the video and good luck!
The complexity of driving an F1 car is just crazy. Going fast is is just expected doing it while twiddling knobs is just insane.
Merci Romain pour toutes ces explications detaillées.