What Happens When You Accidentally Shift From Fifth to Second
YouTube/Misha Charoudin/Screenshot Driver Robert Mitchell accidentally made a dreaded 5-2 downshift on his GR Yaris—a stick-shift oopsie with catastrophic consequences. A new video shows what the aftermath looks like in the Yaris's engine. There's no way to prevent a mechanical overrev. While going for fourth on the Nürburgring racecourse in Germany, Mitchell accidentally grabbed second, which led to a mechanical overrev, though thankfully, he put the clutch back in while it was happening. Initially, the Yaris ran fine afterward, and Mitchell did a few more laps with it, but the next day...
Source: popularmechanics.com