It is normal that the car uses the clutch automatically for shifts, as the car has a semi-auto gearbox, and it seams that you,
@Postipate , forgot to introduce your usual upgrade that allows you to change between paddle shifter, H pattern and hardcore (like the your Ferrari 312/67). This also means you do not need to blip on downshifts and lift on upshifts (which made my Macau video significantly easier).
Semi-Auto Gearboxey were in development in 1986 by Williams, but would first be used in a race car in Brazil 1989 by Ferrari, where the steering wheel of Mansell became undone, forcing them to replace it in a Pitstop, with him still going on to win.
Also the real car used a 7 speed gearbox (or do I have wrong info and it was in reality 6?).
And before somebody asks: The power levels of this car are fundamentally wrong in CarStat because of my lazy implementation of turbo chargers