Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid’s Wheel Is World’s Most Insane Controller

Leave it to Porsche to see the steering wheels of Formula One as just a starting point for the controls of its 911 GT3 R Hybrid racer – a Porsche with a flywheel system so awesome it’s designed to kill you by stopping your heart.

Somewhere in Stuttgart, there’s a Porsche engineer building Joerg Bergmeister an extra set of thumbs.

Republished from Jalopnik

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    Sam Timmins

    Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 3:20 PM

    The keypad makes me think “DeLorean?”.

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    Baggy

    Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    A hybrid supercar? That goes against everything a supercar is meant to be.
    Loud.
    Uncomfortable.
    Unreliable.
    Unbelievably thirsty.

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