Does the Mustang Gr.3 really have a "Drink" button?

GrumpyOldMan

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Looking at this picture of the cockpit of the Mustang Gr.3, it sure looks like one of the buttons says "Drink". Is this for real?

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You must be new to racing cars.

A drink button has been a thing in modern racing for ages, it's not like you can suck out of a really long tube, especially while racing.
I'm sure the drink pump function has existed for a while, but pre-90s F1 cars hardly label their buttons/switches, so you will have to know by knowledge. But here's an MP4/6 all the way from 1991, and as you can see:

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The old cars had them on the cockpit rather than the wheel. But that changed in the late 90s:

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Well, it’s kinda real. The MARC Cars II V8 been available since 2018. It was developed during that 2016/2017 timeframe. The original Marc Cars V8 Focus and Mazda 3, been around since 2013/2014. So, a little bit before PD developing the Mustang Gr.3
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Maybe a drink button on the wheel. The MARC Cars are built for endurance racing.
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from r/WEC discord:
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lots of buttons. I for one am super hype about RAD, ACK, DRUNK, and that they've correctly identified this is what the driver uses to STEER
 
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