Max Verstappen will drive the rest of the weekend in Saudi Arabia with a new gearbox. The Red Bull Racing driver was given a new gearbox by his team before the start of the third free practice session. The FIA just announced that. Article continues under ad It will not result in a grid penalty for the Red Bull driver as they still have plenty of gearboxes in their engine pool. Possibly the change is related to the problems during downshifting, which bothered Verstappen in Bahrain and on Friday in Saudi Arabia. The new gearbox immediately proved its worth: Verstappen set by far the fastest time in the third free practice session and was just two tenths off last year's pole time. Even though...
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