Moreover, it's not just the broken gearbox issue of the Alfa Romeo car, even the programming of the gearbox has problems.
The engine couldn't even reach the necessary RPMs, so naturally, there's no mention of acceleration during the starting of the race.
It's just fortunate that encountering this situation were first-year rookie Zhou Guanyu and Bottas, who hasn't raced in a year.
During this period, both of them are quite patient, focused mainly on being able to return to F1/becoming F1 drivers, that's enough for them.
If it were Kimi at this moment, it's likely he would curse everyone from the head of Alfa Romeo's gearbox department to the cleaning lady over the team radio.
Luckily, the race has just started, and Zhou Guanyu's position was fairly forward, so he didn't lose too many positions and wasn't left too far behind by the pack.
Once the engine RPMs rose again, Zhou Guanyu closely followed Ricardo.
