1994 F1 cars with manual transmission?

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peke12
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1994 F1 cars with manual transmission?

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Just out of interest:
Anybody knows if there were still cars on the F1 grid in 1994 with a manual gearbox?
Or maybe a semi auto gearbox but without the steering paddles?
I thought Simtek was still shifting manually, but I might be wron.
roland ratzenberger
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Re: 1994 F1 cars with manual transmission?

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simtek had manual gearbox but with padles if i remember correctly. however after the french gp some money that Jean marc-gounon bring to the team through sponsors help the team to fit a semi automatic gearbox. Indeed simtek was the only team to use manual gearbox. Even pacific had a semi automatic gearbox from day1
ismael
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Re: 1994 F1 cars with manual transmission?

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"The last F1 car fitted with a conventional manual gearbox, the Forti FG01, raced in 1995."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One_car
peke12
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Re: 1994 F1 cars with manual transmission?

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Astonishing that Pacific had a semi automatic before Simtek. They were outqualified by Simtek for 85% of the times. :lol:
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