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October 9, 2026 2.1x the video's usual pace The Insane Genius of a Formula 1 Gearbox The video ran that day at 37,318 views a day, 2.1 times its usual pace (18,082).

This week on the channel +1.3M views this week

Ferrari's invisible gearshifts give Driver61 a mechanical puzzle

Scott Mansell's gearbox explainer goes inside Ferrari with Andrea Candelpergher to show how power keeps flowing between gears.

Channel: Driver61 · Story of October 20, 2026

This week on the channel

An upside-down McMurtry hypercar carries Driver61 through a week off

Scott Mansell drove the British startup's fan car himself, and the 22-day-old film has passed three million views.

Channel: Driver61 · Story of October 2, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

The Insane Genius of a Formula 1 Gearbox

Video published

May 16, 2026

Video views so far

5,286,791

Video views, pace per day

10,674

Position on Trari and in the category

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category

0.4% of all views the category's channels gained this week

The channel's latest videos

The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
The Insane Engineering of the World's Fastest Car	September 10, 2026	27:13	3,774,412	8,095	-	31,396	1,911
F1 Cars Have Over 300 Sensors	August 10, 2026	0:48 short	23,230	4	-	460	17
0 to 345mph in 3.7 Seconds	August 2, 2026	20:44	3,958,007	6,974	-	48,406	2,494
$50 vs $50,000 Piston	July 8, 2026	0:52 short	218,734	15	-	5,025	139
Driving Ferrari's Legendary Circuit	July 3, 2026	0:50 short	20,564	4	-	796	8
$300,000 Formula 1 Gearbox	June 24, 2026	1:20 short	318,422	44	-	6,427	101
I Want To Talk About My Health	June 12, 2026	17:59	769,039	119	-	40,736	3,048
The Insane Genius of a Formula 1 Gearbox	May 16, 2026	19:10	5,286,791	10,674	-	77,753	2,063
Man Builds Formula 1 Car at Home	April 23, 2026	19:25	1,963,330	1,601	-	26,582	1,059
Why This Genius Race Car Was Banned	March 25, 2026	22:57	6,154,363	5,987	-	79,825	4,638
Formula 1 Has A Braking Problem	February 27, 2026	9:59	337,179	72	-	9,855	846
The Single Tech That'll Decide F1 in 2026	February 18, 2026	13:47	266,099	40	-	7,791	727
Adrian Newey's Design Trick	February 4, 2026	0:58 short	609,905	15	-	14,121	243
F1 Compression Ratio Loophole	February 3, 2026	1:09 short	1,656,413	24	-	41,168	749
F1’s New Loophole Is More Complex Than You Think	January 31, 2026	13:58	1,274,048	192	-	29,368	1,320

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

15.8 in the category: 17.4

comments per 1,000 views

0.7 in the category: 0.8

short vs long

6 short (up to 3 minutes), 9 long
average views per short video: 474,544
average views per long video: 2,642,585

Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
How Dragster Tyres Accelerate to 335 MPH in 3.6 Seconds	August 1, 2020	9:09	14,060,516
How NASCAR was FASTER than Ferrari at Le Mans	June 17, 2023	10:41	7,863,751
What If Formula 1 Had No Rules?	February 10, 2024	19:01	6,524,915
Why This Genius Race Car Was Banned	March 25, 2026	22:57	6,131,872
Pikes Peak: Racing with NO RULES	December 10, 2020	9:51	5,363,437

Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Why F1 Drivers IGNORE the Perfect Racing Line	October 17, 2023	0:55	5,902,386
The Car I'm Going to DRIVE UPSIDE DOWN	October 30, 2023	1:00	4,880,221
Max Verstappen's BIZARRE Driving Habit	August 17, 2023	0:44	2,569,250
F1 Compression Ratio Loophole	February 3, 2026	1:09	1,656,332
Formula 1 is LYING to You!	December 11, 2023	0:54	1,386,585

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

1. October 9, 2026Video surgingThe Insane Genius of a Formula 1 Gearbox The video ran that day at 37,318 views a day, 2.1 times its usual pace (18,082).
2. October 8, 2026Video surgingThe Insane Genius of a Formula 1 Gearbox The video ran that day at 33,321 views a day, 2 times its usual pace (16,388).