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

[GrumpyOldMan]

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?

 

[RacingGrandpa]

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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The car isn't really real, but many GT cars has such a button. A tube into the helmet and while they hold the button it pumps water in.

 

[TumeK5]

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.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

Here's a Nissan GT-R, the blue button is the drink

 

[Talon16]

Yes, this is common.

Unless you're Kimi Raikkonen... then you will not get the drink.

 

[TumeK5]

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:

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

 

[GTboyz]

Wow, TIL.

 

[GT5 Level 41]

Jumped in thinking this was going to be a fuel consumption thread. Some cars do "drink" that gas.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

Jumped in thinking this was going to be a fuel consumption thread. Some cars do "drink" that gas.

When I searched this website for "drink", that's most of what I found.

 

[05XR8]

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

Maybe a drink button on the wheel. The MARC Cars are built for endurance racing.

 

[hollowkatt]

from r/WEC discord:

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

 

[Samus]

Gentleman, a short view back to the past......