![]() ![]() Just a single upgrade will be permitted between now and the 2025 season, with that upgrade only allowed between individual seasons. Once these have been signed off on by the FIA's Technical Department, the teams/manufacturers will be bound to their designs until 2025. The individual gearbox designs (referring to the casing, cassette, driveline and gear-change components) will all be homologated at the same time as the power units. Just like the upcoming engine freeze, which kicks in on 1 March, F1 has introduced a specification freeze on gearboxes which will remain in effect until 2025. Once a driver requires more of any of these components, a five-place grid penalty will be imposed – the same penalty being imposed for any subsequent changes.į1 gearboxes also enter a 'freeze' until 2025 For the more intricate gear-change components and mechanisms, and the components involved in the transmission of torque between the gearbox and the driveshafts, F1 has introduced a strict limit of four new components for the season. The same numerical limit will be imposed on the components within the gearbox cassette itself. Once a driver requires a gearbox in excess of that four-component rule, they will receive a five-place grid penalty, with the same penalty being imposed for every subsequent gearbox introduction. Like the power unit rules, this means that drivers could run short on working gearboxes in their pool by the end of the season. This means that every driver is only permitted four 'gearboxes' for the season, and can pick and choose from that pool of four to get through the season. The 2022 rules will enforce a four casing and cassette limit on the cars taking part in the championship. ![]() But, despite this, the same amount of components are permitted when talking about the outer casing mounted on the cars, as well as the cassette that houses the gear change and driveline components. The rules for penalties have separated out the gearbox from the internal components it encloses. ![]()
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