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I have assessed this as a Stub Class, as it does not go into much details about the event, and of low priority as it a highly specific topic within Canada. Cheers, CP 00:50, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gearbox failure - Citation needed??

Mansell's gearbox failure has been widely reported. I just watched the BBC highlights, where it was reported, it is also on the FOCA highlights video where Patrick Head reported that it had failed, but 'we fired up the car and all six gears worked', which 'tends to happen' after gearbox failures. It was also Williams' sixth gearbox-related retirement out of five Grands Prix (both cars in the US, Mansell's in Brazil, both cars in San Marino, Mansell's in Canada), with two partial failures, although Patrase managed to finish in both Brazil and Canada. Mansell discussed the suggestion that he had let his engine die at some length in his autobiography, calling the suggestion that he had switched off his engine 'absurd', and describing 'so-called experts wading in with idiotic ideas like that'.

Would it count as speculation to suggest that Mansell was hard on gearboxes? His tended to fail quite a lot.86.143.134.108 (talk) 16:51, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I recall reading that David Brown of Williams explained that it was a technical glitch caused by the car's software being confused by a bulky downshifter, causing it to overcorrect and not leave any spare revs. Supposedly it took them 10 minutes to write a fix.--MartinUK (talk) 23:15, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted why?

Nelson Piquet won the 2 last GP's (Japan and Australia) from the 1990 season, then Ayrton Senna won the 4 first 1991 GP's, then Nelson Piquet won the 5th GP in 1991 (Canadian GP). It was 7 GP's in a row won by Brazilian drivers. I don't get it, the "Not providing a reliable source (RW 16.1)". It is History. A fact, widely known. Thank you. ThiagMonteiro (talk) 15:34, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]