The invention relates to a method for detecting a control situation of a vehicle comprising an automatic control system. A steering torque curve applied to the steering of the vehicle is subdivided into sections in which the steering torque curve steadily rises or falls, and an angular acceleration caused by a driver and detected by a first steering angle sensor at the beginning of the respectivesection by a first part (19) of the steering rod (5) as a first angular acceleration is compared to a second angular acceleration detected by a second steering angle sensor at the beginning of a respective section caused by an automatic control system with a toothed rack (9) connected to the steering rod (5) or a second part (17) of the steering rod (5). Depending on a result of the comparison, acorresponding steering torque curve of the respective section is assigned to the driver or to the automatic control system.