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I imagine that the drivers can't look at the wheel when they are using it, so everything has to be distinguishable by touch.

This happened only the other day to Maldonado: http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/24231/9271393/pastor-maldo...

>Maldonado confirmed he had been looking down at the steering wheel at the time and simply took a wrong turn: "I was on the steering wheel. Too much to do in the out laps. After out laps it's okay."



It's difficult to draw conclusions using Maldonado, since he's a pay driver with a well-established reputation for incompetence.

Lotus are getting what they deserve for hiring him for his money over more skilled drivers who could have helped move the team forward.


While I'm not his biggest fan, I don't think you can fairly call him incompetent. Anybody with a win and a pole position next to their name can't be considered incompetent.


If you say so. In today's Spanish grand prix he wrote off his car during qualifying, and then smashed into Gutierrez during the race, receiving more penalties, and adding to his already extensive record of crashing.




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