| 41. | First gear didn't tell me much.
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| 42. | Before the race the gearbox and engine were changed due to not being able to select first gear.
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| 43. | The first gear was for " confined spaces, on steep inclines or . . . sharp turns ".
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| 44. | Clutch engagement is automatic, and the car will automatically shift to second and then first gear when stopping.
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| 45. | As soon as we took off, we took off in first gear and I made the first rookie mistake,
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| 46. | He also discovered the spin had left him with a broken first gear less than halfway into the race.
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| 47. | I say almost because I was able, while shifting into first gear, to mistakenly put the car into reverse.
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| 48. | It's too close to first gear, and a couple of times, I slipped it into reverse instead of first.
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| 49. | But his Ford Cosworth-powered Lola wouldn't go into first gear as he tried to get out of the pits.
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| 50. | He finished sixth, which is not bad for a guy who drove the last 25 laps without first gear.
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