Qatar GP – official desk of energy unit elements used per driver: solely adjustments with penalties

November 29, 2024

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With solely two Grands Prix remaining on this lengthy Championship, groups have practically exhausted the elements allowed underneath the rules and should determine whether or not the advantage of a brand new engine justifies the inevitable grid penalty.

In Qatar, groups are anticipated to primarily depend on the rotation of already-used elements to keep away from penalties. Nevertheless, the circuit calls for full engine energy for a number of sections, and after 22 races (plus sprints), reliability points may come up, doubtlessly resulting in important level losses within the extremely contested Constructors’ Championship. Past the battle for first place, a number of positions—value tens of millions of {dollars}—are additionally at stake.

The reliability of the vehicles has at all times been a important think about securing World Championship titles, much more so since rules launched limits on the variety of elements that may be changed on a automotive. This primarily impacts elements associated to the ability unit and the gearbox and transmission system.

Beneath the 2024 rules, a driver can not use greater than:
– 4 Inside Combustion Engines (ICE), MGU-Hs, MGU-Ks, and Turbochargers (TC),
– 2 Power Shops (ES) and Management Electronics (CE),
– 8 exhaust methods.

For all drivers, the scenario is obvious: changing any energy unit part (besides exhausts) will lead to a grid penalty. In reality, solely Fernando Alonso can nonetheless use new batteries and a management unit with out incurring a penalty.

Up to date Desk of Elements Utilized by Every Driver in 2024
*(after the Las Vegas GP and primarily based on the FIA doc dated 29-11)*

N.	Scuderia	Pilota	ICE	TC	MGU-H	MGU-Okay	ES	CE	EX
01	Crimson Bull	Max Verstappen	6	4	4	4	2	2	8
11	Crimson Bull	Sergio Perez	5	4	4	4	3	3	8
63	Mercedes	George Russell	4	4	4	4	2	2	3
44	Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	5	5	5	5	2	2	3
16	Ferrari	Charles Leclerc	4	4	4	4	2	2	6
55	Ferrari	Carlos Sainz	5	5	5	5	3	3	7
81	McLaren	Oscar Piastri	4	4	4	4	2	2	3
04	McLaren	Lando Norris	4	4	4	4	2	2	3
18	Aston Martin	Lance Stroll	4	4	4	4	2	2	3
14	Aston Martin	Fernando Alonso	4	4	4	4	1	1	3
31	Alpine	Esteban Ocon	5	5	5	4	3	3	8
10	Alpine	Pierre Gasly	5	5	5	5	3	4	8
23	Williams	Alexander Albon	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
02	Williams	Franco Colapinto	4	4	4	4	2	2	3
21	RBR	Liam Lawson	5	5	5	5	3	3	7
22	RBR	Yuki Tsunoda	5	5	5	5	3	3	7
77	Sauber Ferrari	Valtteri Bottas	4	4	4	4	4	3	5
24	Sauber Ferrari	Zhou Guanyu	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
20	Haas	Kevin Magnussen	4	4	4	4	3	3	5
27	Haas	Nico Hulkenberg	4	4	4	4	2	2	5

The miniaturization of sure elements to scale back bulk for aerodynamic functions has made elements just like the gearbox and transmission extra fragile. Nevertheless, what has had a fair larger impression are the accidents. For instance, on the Williams vehicles of Lawson and Albon, because of incidents in earlier Grands Prix, all accessible elements have already been used, they usually might not have further spares.

N.	Workforce	Driver	Gearbox	Transmission and auxiliaries
01	Crimson Bull	Max Verstappen	4	5
11	Crimson Bull	Sergio Perez	3	5
63	Mercedes	George Russell	3	3
44	Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	3	3
16	Ferrari	Charles Leclerc	5	5
55	Ferrari	Carlos Sainz	6	6
81	McLaren	Oscar Piastri	4	5
04	McLaren	Lando Norris	4	4
18	Aston Martin	Lance Stroll	4	4
14	Aston Martin	Fernando Alonso	4	4
31	Alpine	Esteban Ocon	4	4
10	Alpine	Pierre Gasly	5	5
23	Williams	Alexander Albon	5	5
02	Williams	Franco Colapinto	6	6
21	RBR	Liam Lawson	5	5
22	RBR	Yuki Tsunoda	5	5
77	Sauber	Valtteri Bottas	5	5
24	Sauber	Zhou Guanyu	5	5
20	Haas	Kevin Magnussen	5	5
27	Haas	Nico Hulkenberg	5	5