After 4 Grands Prix out of a 24-race calendar (plus the Dash), the reliability scenario is beginning to get attention-grabbing.
Yesterday, the FIA confirmed that, for the Saudi Arabian GP, all Purple Bull Powertrains-powered drivers – particularly Purple Bull and Racing Bulls – concurrently changed 4 energy unit elements: ICE (inner combustion engine), TC (turbocharger), MGU-H, and MGU-Ok. This mass alternative is totally authorized (because it includes the second of the 4 components permitted for practically all elements), but it surely raises quite a lot of warning bells inside RBPT.
In contrast to different engine producers, Purple Bull-associated groups are the one ones to have changed so many components concurrently this early, at simply the fifth spherical of the season. It’s laborious to suppose it’s only a coincidence: the intense warmth in Jeddah and information gathered from sensors on the finish of the earlier race could have prompted engineers to keep away from dangers and make early replacements. Nonetheless, the frequency of those interventions means that some facet of thermal administration or mechanical reliability wants nearer consideration, particularly since any additional alternative of both the management electronics or batteries will end in a 10-place grid penalty for all 4 RBPT drivers (George Russell can also be in the identical scenario together with his Mercedes).
Resulting from a mixture of reliability issues, rain-related crashes in Australia, incidents in China, and points throughout apply classes in Japan, Oliver Bearman, Jack Doohan, and Liam Lawson had already used the second of the 4 obtainable energy models. With at the moment’s replacements, Jack Doohan and Liam Lawson are successfully approaching three, whereas Gasly now reaches two.
Amid a very difficult begin to the season, there may be excellent news from Ferrari, which, like McLaren, Aston Martin, Sauber, and Williams, has not skilled any reliability points.
With such an extended championship, automobile reliability can be an important issue within the struggle for the World Championships, particularly because the laws restrict what number of elements will be changed on a automobile earlier than grid penalties are utilized. Particularly, energy unit components and people associated to the gearbox and transmission are carefully monitored.
In accordance with the laws (Article 28.2), in the course of the 2025 season, a driver could not use greater than 4 ICEs, 4 MGU-Hs, 4 MGU-Ks, and 4 turbochargers (TC), 2 batteries (ES), 2 management electronics (CE), and eight exhaust methods.
Up to date desk of components utilized by every driver in 2025 (after the Bahrain GP and the FIA doc dated 18-04)
| N. | Scuderia | Pilota | ICE | TC | MGU-H | MGU-Ok | ES | CE | EX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | McLaren | Oscar Piastri | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 04 | McLaren | Lando Norris | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | Ferrari | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 01 | Purple Bull | Max Verstappen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Purple Bull | Yuki Tsunoda | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 63 | Mercedes | George Russell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Mercedes | Kimi Antonelli | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Aston Martin | Lance Stroll | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Aston Martin | Fernando Alonso | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Alpine | Pierre Gasly | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 07 | Alpine | Jack Doohan | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 | Haas | Esteban Ocon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 87 | Haas | Olivier Bearman | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 06 | RBR | Isack Hadjar | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | RBR | Liam Lawson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | Williams | Alexander Albon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | Williams | Carlos Sainz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Sauber | Gabriel Bortoleto | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 05 | Sauber | Nico Hulkenberg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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