Qatar GP – official desk of energy unit parts used per driver: solely modifications with penalties

November 29, 2024

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With solely two Grands Prix remaining on this lengthy Championship, groups have almost exhausted the elements allowed underneath the laws 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 parts 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, probably resulting in vital level losses within the extremely contested Constructors’ Championship. Past the battle for first place, a number of positions—value thousands and thousands of {dollars}—are additionally at stake.

The reliability of the vehicles has at all times been a essential consider securing World Championship titles, much more so since laws launched limits on the variety of parts that may be changed on a automobile. This primarily impacts elements associated to the facility unit and the gearbox and transmission system.

Below the 2024 laws, a driver can’t use greater than:
– 4 Inside Combustion Engines (ICE), MGU-Hs, MGU-Ks, and Turbochargers (TC),
– 2 Vitality Shops (ES) and Management Electronics (CE),
– 8 exhaust methods.

For all drivers, the scenario is evident: changing any energy unit element (besides exhausts) will end in a grid penalty. In truth, 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 based mostly on the FIA doc dated 29-11)*

N.	Scuderia	Pilota	ICE	TC	MGU-H	MGU-Ok	ES	CE	EX
01	Purple Bull	Max Verstappen	6	4	4	4	2	2	8
11	Purple 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 parts to cut back bulk for aerodynamic functions has made elements just like the gearbox and transmission extra fragile. Nevertheless, what has had a good larger affect are the accidents. For instance, on the Williams vehicles of Lawson and Albon, because of incidents in earlier Grands Prix, all obtainable elements have already been used, they usually could not have extra spares.

N.	Workforce	Driver	Gearbox	Transmission and auxiliaries
01	Purple Bull	Max Verstappen	4	5
11	Purple 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