Craig McCluskey wrote: > On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:21:03 -0700 "Dave M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>No automatic tranny on that puppy, not even a paddle-shift manual. >>Watch his right hand closely - that's a good ol'-fashioned stick >>shift. > > > I'll admit that there are many times when his right hand leaves the > steering wheel during shifting, but the rapidity of the upshifting seems > to rule out his foot working a clutch.
I think it's a sequentially-shifted transmission. On that kind of transmission, gear changes are manually commanded but the shifting itself is done automatically. F1 cars use these, with paddles or buttons to command upshifts and downshifts. Often there's even automatic rev-matching on downshifts. If you look carefully there are moments when you can see a big digital display on the dash showing what gear the transmission is in. It's on the right side, near the 2 o'clock position on the wheel. Most of the time it's covered by the driver's hand or washed out by the sun, from the camera's perspective.
