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Fourteen drivers get new gearbox, no penalties given
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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Nuevas cajas de cambio para 14 pilotos. No penalizan.
— Albert Fabrega (@AlbertFabrega) June 18, 2021
New gearboxes for 14 drivers. No penalties#FrenchGP pic.twitter.com/IJpUmZM1F4
