Q: slipped my mind, i know ferrari were first to try a semi auto in 1989....... blumin heck, Rosbif! thanks mate
A: Somewhat surprisingly Rosbif you're wrong there, because you've failed to mention that in 1995!!! the new Forti team ran their car with a manual gearbox!! The FG-01 (which really was an updated version of the 1992 Fondmetal car!!) had a manual gearbox, and was unsuccessfully trialed with a semi-automatic, which was scrapped until 1996. To think that in 1995 there was still a car with a manual gearbox, after the massive technological advances in the previous years, is mind-boggling!!! Sorry Rosbif, but the rest of your answer is brilliantly researched as always!!