> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.the-race.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Video: The secret Ferrari that nearly blocked a great innovation
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/video-the-secret-ferrari-that-nearly-blocked-a-great-innovation/
- Published: 2022-06-06T16:39:02.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T14:27:37.000Z
- Description: The car carrying one of the most significant technological developments in F1 history, the paddle shift system, was almost derailed by spectacular internal politics at Ferrari
- Author: Jack Cozens
- Tags: Formula 1, #video, #image-center-center

One of the most significant technological developments in Formula 1 history was Ferrari’s introduction of the semi-automatic gearbox, or paddle shift.

Just a handful of years after it first appeared in 1989, every car on the grid had copied the Ferrari system – and the technology even made its way into the road car industry.

But as explained in this video, the pioneering car that first carried this revolution almost didn’t make it – with spectacular internal politics at Ferrari, which included a secret car, threatening to derail the concept.