[lexuspilot]

I did feel they didn't go the distance and put a simple sequence button on the wheel that starts or stops the count.

The fact that it take input from a driver is the most useless part about it. If you're driving 9/10ths or 10/10ths out there on a track, the last thing I want anyone doing is fiddling around with a lap timer. You're supposed to be concentrating on driving. In a hobby/sport where improvement is measured in hundredths of a second, you don't have time or energy to waste on activities such as the

Have you ever seen Schumacher's wheel. He re-arranges the configuration of the car for every single turn, while driving. The number of dials grows like x2 from season to season. And it is done manually not pre-programmed.

Well maybe that is why people catch him now. You may have a point.