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.

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The Insane Genius of a Formula 1 Gearbox

Two gears, briefly engaged together. That sounds like a recipe for a broken gearbox, but it is the puzzle at the heart of Driver61's busiest video right now.

With no new uploads this week, Scott Mansell's existing catalog added roughly 1.3 million views. "The Insane Genius of a Formula 1 Gearbox" is drawing the largest daily audience among his active uploads, narrowly above his McMurtry engineering film. The Ferrari visit has now passed 5.2 million views.

Its appeal is more than a look inside expensive machinery. Ferrari's Andrea Candelpergher helps Scott trace the journey from physically punishing manual shifts to changes so smooth that power delivery barely falters. Mechanical linkages once constrained the shape of the car; paddle shifting offered aerodynamic possibilities as well as an easier job for the driver. Nigel Mansell's victory on the Ferrari 640's debut at the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix gives that engineering story a memorable payoff.

Driver61's subscribers were unchanged over the week, while daily views are a little below their usual level. Among nearby motorsport channels, Quadrant is enjoying above-usual daily viewing, and THE RACE is running substantially quieter than normal.

Back in Scott's catalog, acceleration remains another active draw. His McMurtry film and "0 to 345mph in 3.7 Seconds," featuring Top Fuel engineer Jamie Willis and NHRA announcer Brian Lohnes, sit alongside the gearbox explainer: different machines, each offering an apparently unreasonable feat for him to unpack.

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The videos drawing views on Driver61 right now

The Insane Engineering of the World's Fastest Car3,742,016 views 0 to 345mph in 3.7 Seconds3,933,220 views

The numbers

Here is Driver61's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

ThoughTaken

30,928,465

Kashius Alexander

3,736,387

THE RACE

3,677,378

4WD 24-7

2,826,545

John Hicks

2,195,998

Driver61

1,289,534

Quadrant

1,164,292

Harley Davidson People

1,017,377

CarsandCameras

598,120

subscribers

1,520,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

377,691,875

views per day

171,181

typical day: 187,026

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Harley Davidson People

1,980,000

John Hicks

1,970,000

Driver61

1,520,000

4WD 24-7

1,500,000

Kashius Alexander

1,500,000

ThoughTaken

1,420,000

THE RACE

1,320,000

CarsandCameras

1,310,000

Quadrant

1,180,000

As of October 20, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.