akshat21 wrote:mclaren_mircea wrote:akshat21 wrote:No. If you get dnf. I dont think u get a penalty. But if you go over the allotted number of gearboxes u will have to take a penalty.
How many gearboxes
can be used? If he change the gearbox after 3 races, the next one has to last 9 races, to have 12 races for 2 gearboxes?
There is also a provision in the rules that they can change damaged parts in a gearbox if the fia delgate is satisfied that there is actual damage. So, if clutch was the problem and there is damage to the gearbox, they might just replace worn out or damaged parts.
Sporting regulations:
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a)
Each driver may use no more than one gearbox for six consecutive Events in which his
team competes. Should a driver use a replacement gearbox he will drop five places on
the starting grid at that Event and an additional five places each time a further gearbox
is used.
Any replacement gearbox will only be required to complete the remainder of the Event
in question.
Unless the driver fails to finish the race (or is unable to start the race for reasons other
than a penalty imposed by the stewards) the gearbox fitted to the car at the end of the
Event must remain in it for the remainder of the six race sequence.
Any driver who failed to finish the race at the first, second, third, fourth or fifth
of the six Events for reasons which the technical delegate accepts as being beyond the control
of the team or driver, may start the following Event with a different gearbox without a
penalty being incurred.
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I think the only time you would be allowed to replace a gearbox without a penalty is if it was damaged in a crash or similar
