stackyFACTSIt takes a special kind of industry to look at a steering mechanism and decide it needs to cost fifty grand.
It takes a special kind of industry to look at a steering mechanism and decide it needs to cost fifty grand. These devices are essentially highly complex computers covered in buttons, dials, and carbon fiber, custom-molded to a driver's hands. The fact that an athlete can easily detach and accidentally drop a component worth more than most people's annual earnings perfectly encapsulates the absurdity of motorsport economics.
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