F1, Hamilton: "Steering wheel? Happy with a team that innovates"

The mobile steering wheel calls DAS (Dual Axis Steering) but on the advantages or the functionalities the Mercedes is not unbalanced. On the day of the test number 2 in Barcelona, ​​the novelty at the home of the world champions took the stage: an introduction on which the discussion between the rival stables immediately started. "I will not explain much of what you have seen, it is a new idea, it has a name, DAS, a new steering dimension for the driver but I will not say how we use it and why we use it" the words in the press conference of the Mercedes technical director , James Allison. The regularity of the mobile steering wheel was immediately questioned, but on this point the FIA ​​has already said that it is regular: we only need to verify that there are no problems for the safety of the drivers. l "The FIA ​​knows everything but we will understand only in the next few days how much advantage it will give us - added Allison -. I am proud to be part of a team that does not progress and is enough but innovates and tries to bring new things to the track every year Lewis Hamilton, the first to test the revolution brought on the track by the silver arrows, he explained: "I tried it for one morning, I don't know if it is safe or not, I am trying to understand how it works but I am proud that it is once again my team to innovate in an untried direction. The FIA ​​approved the project, I don't know about safety but we'll see. "