Ferrari signed out of GTE Pro in style before its move up to the Hypercar class. Here is how it defeated Porsche WEC
, looked home and dry deep into the sixth hour of last Saturday’s Bahrain 8 Hours WEC curtain-closer. Calado led the way in GTE Pro and had done since a Full Course Yellow virtual safety car fell his way at the beginning of the second hour. He jumped from fourth – courtesy of what he labelled a conservative strategy – to the race lead as a result.
“I suddenly had no fourth gear,” explained Calado. “The problem was that without fourth you couldn’t downshift to third or upshift to fifth without using the clutch. Then it was a matter of trying to find a way to change gear, which involved going back to right-foot braking and the old heel-and-toe.”
Calado believed it wouldn't be possible to get the car to the finish after losing fourth gear, with gearbox temperatures sky-rocketingThe temperatures were off the clock once Pier Guidi got back out on circuit as he too called his right foot into play to drive around the gearbox problem.
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