A genuine piece of Formula One art

Here is what the cockpit of a Ferrari F1 car looked like back in the 1970s. The whole assembly was slightly more austere with only three meters (rpm, water temperature and oil pressure) and a gearbox lever to shift gears manually after double-clutching. Those were the days.

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