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24th November 2018, 08:37 #1
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Information about WRC steering wheels?
Hi. Do you know where can I find information about WRC cars steering wheels (recent years)? I would need to know: what original brands and models are used, diameters of the rims, detailed pictures of the button plates and even 3D models... Thank you.
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24th November 2018, 11:12 #2
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Here is a replica of the Sparco rim Ford had in the MK7 Fiesta. http://www.thrustmaster.com/products...parco-r383-mod
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24th November 2018, 13:00 #3
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I thought the Fiesta steering wheel is an OMP model. Here you can see the logo:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L-gFkNx8FLA/maxresdefault.jpg
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24th November 2018, 16:17 #4
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Official steering wheel, don`t know, but i dont`t think so, because both (or all of them even) manufacture similar steering wheels, that panel is added by theirselves and their official partner is Sparco.
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24th November 2018, 20:46 #5
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A few wrc steering wheels in this - ALS = anti-lag system, road = road engine map etc
https://youtu.be/L-gFkNx8FLA wrc steering wheels
https://www.ompracing.com/en_gb/car-...ng-wheels.html
https://www.sparco-official.com/en/r...cessories.html
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24th November 2018, 20:57 #6
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Toyota has only one knob on their steering wheel, Road/Stage (probably ALS, this is what you see them reach for after Flying Finish), whereas others have 2-3, for diff settings (and lights)?
There's a quote from Østberg in Wales 2017 "I was supposed to turn the lights off, but I turned the engine off"
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25th November 2018, 08:08 #7
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Yesterday I got the following information from a friend in a Spanish forum (thanks Grancab):
Modern WRC cars use carbon fiber rims (low weight, low inertia...), which are quite expensive, by the way. They are all covered in suede, for better grip.
The preferred diameter is 32 or 33 cm (35 cm was mostly used in the past).
Toyota and Ford have the OMP 320 Carbon S (https://www.ompracing.com/en_gb/car-...n-s-44901.html)
Citroen uses custom steering wheels made by Reverie (https://www.reverie.ltd.uk/racing-steering-wheels.php)
Hyundai prefers a more basic metallic rim by Sabelt.
The different button boxes and plates can be seen in the video you posted above (which I already knew), most of them in front of the steering wheel, except for the Toyota driven by Latvala. Hyundai uses a membrane-based plate with flat buttons instead of traditional pushbuttons.
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25th November 2018, 18:48 #8
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All Hyundai cars (WRC, R5, TCR) use steering wheel switch panels made by Czech company - Tremondi. WRC with 4 rotary knobs, R5 and TCR same panels, with two rotary knobs.
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25th November 2018, 19:49 #9
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30th November 2018, 16:32 #10
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I understand that the button box / plate is behind the wheel, not in front of it.
https://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/...ecarlo/019.jpg
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First leg he will be thinking in Portuguese championship. Then he can go for WRC2.
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