an F1 car has fewer controls than a ordinary car. different controls yes, but fewer. most people would not consider the controls on their cars "complex". because they are familiar. What sort of familiarity do you think you'd develop if this was what you did for a living?
next, most controls are sort of "modal". for instane, the clutch bite, and the two clutch paddles, are only really relevant during the start (the clutch will be used if the car spins and needs to get going again, but that is a completely different, less demanding, situation). the mix buttons and a few of the other buttons are not really worried about by the driver. the engineers tell the driver what to dial in. the reason those buttons are there is because they are not allowed to be remote controlled.
for the most part the driver will only routinely fiddle with the brake bias (not on the steering wheel), the diff and the KERS controls.
of course, if you have spent all of your teens and your adult life in race cars none of the above will be "complex" to you.
in fact, my TV and its remote is arguably much, much more complex than the user interface of a an F1 car.
an F1 car has fewer controls than a ordinary car. different controls yes, but fewer. most people would not consider the controls on their cars "complex". because they are familiar. What sort of familiarity do you think you'd develop if this was what you did for a living?
next, most controls are sort of "modal". for instane, the clutch bite, and the two clutch paddles, are only really relevant during the start (the clutch will be used if the car spins and needs to get going again, but that is a completely different, less demanding, situation). the mix buttons and a few of the other buttons are not really worried about by the driver. the engineers tell the driver what to dial in. the reason those buttons are there is because they are not allowed to be remote controlled.
for the most part the driver will only routinely fiddle with the brake bias (not on the steering wheel), the diff and the KERS controls.
of course, if you have spent all of your teens and your adult life in race cars none of the above will be "complex" to you.
in fact, my TV and its remote is arguably much, much more complex than the user interface of a an F1 car.