Bentley Fanatec Steering Wheel Designed For Both Real And Virtual Racing

Bentley and Fanatec have co-developed a unique steering wheel that can be used for both real and virtual motor racing. The wheel was designed specifically for the Bentley Continental GT3 Pikes Peak challenge. The Bentley GT3 steering wheel has been developed in collaboration with Fanatec, world leaders in gaming hardware. The first steering wheel of its kind to have actually raced in a car, the desirable accessory offers gamers a chance to experience first-hand what it must be like to drive one of the world's most powerful cars.

The centre of the GT3 steering wheel is given over to a circular digital display that offers the driver vital telemetry and information about their performance.

The centre of the GT3 steering wheel is given over to a circular digital display that offers the driver vital telemetry and information about their performance. Bentley design details include signature knurling on the rotary encoders. Other key features include a forged carbon display bezel, two 7-way FunkySwitch directional sticks with encoder functionality, a pair of aluminium thumb wheels with optical encoders, and four magnetic paddles - two for gearshifting and two auxiliaries, based on the design of the Continental GT road car.

The wheel was designed specifically for the Bentley Continental GT3 Pikes Peak challenge

The Bentley Continental GT3 Pikes Peak car features a specially-tuned, twin-turbocharged, 4.0-litre V8 engine producing more than 750 bhp and 1000 Nm of torque. Designed to run on renewable synthetic fuel, it will attempt a new record for the gruelling 20 km hill climb course in Colorado in a production-based racing vehicle.

Bentley already holds the course record for the fastest production SUV, set by the Bentayga in 2018, and the production car class, set the following year in a Continental GT. Success in the GT3 on 21 June will give Bentley a unique hat-trick of titles.