According to Italian daily newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, “from rumors it seems that Ferrari will not replace the gearbox of Charles’ SF21. Further checks were made this morning and the decision seems to be to keep the current gearbox. So Charles will start from pole position.” An official confirmation still awaiting though
Gearboxes are one of the most fragile things around Monaco. Charles Leclerc had a problem with his on Thursday in first practice and his clout with the barrier at the end of qualifying won’t have done much good to anything around the rear of his car. ot all, but most, of these current gearboxes are made up of an aluminium housing that holds the gearbox assembly, gears, bearings, gear change system.
At the end of it all is the differential that connects the driveshafts to the rear axles and, in turn, the wheels. All of this will be covered with a carbonfibre housing that carries the rear suspension wishbones and rear crash structure. Charles Leclerc’s impact exiting the Swimming Pool – hitting the right-hand front wheel very hard and the right-hand rear wheel not quite as hard, but still suffering a significant impact – won’t have done any of that assembly any good.
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