Ferrari circa 1989

[TestaRoasta]

Does anyone know the patent(s) involved in Ferrari's sequential gerbox, I'm more interested in the racing version introduced by John Barnard. Patents aside if anyone has any little known info on the transmission that would help (the papers due in a week )

[zac510]

There is a few paragraphs and photos of the gearboxes in Ferrari Formula 1 by Peter Wright

[RH1300S]

I'd be interested to know:

As far as I remember, this was not actually a sequential box in the sense of using a motorcycle type drum mechanism.

It was a paddle shift that operated actuators, moving a fairly conventional selector mechanism.

I suppose it was sequential in that you went through the cogs sequentially unlike a gate shift manual where you can skip a couple if wanted.