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Fourteen drivers get new gearbox, no penalties given

19 June 2021 at 07:18
Last update 19 June 2021 at 09:55
  • GPblog.com

No less than fourteen of the twenty drivers started in France with a new gearbox. This includes Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull Racing drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.

Many new gearboxes

Fourteen drivers start the Grand Prix at Paul Ricard with a fresh gearbox in the back of the car. This includes Perez, Verstappen and also Hamilton. Valtteri Bottas, unlike his teammate, will not start with a new gearbox. This is because he already had to change his earlier in the season after the crash at Imola with George Russell.

After every six Grand Prix that a driver gets through without changing a gearbox, he will be allowed to do so without getting penalised. As the 2021 French GP is the seventh Grand Prix of the 2021 season, several drivers can use a new gearbox.

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