Qatar GP – official desk of energy unit parts 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 almost exhausted the components allowed underneath the rules and should resolve whether or not the good thing about 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 might 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 all the time been a crucial think about securing World Championship titles, much more so since rules launched limits on the variety of parts that may be changed on a automobile. This primarily impacts components associated to the ability unit and the gearbox and transmission system.

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

For all drivers, the state of affairs is obvious: changing any energy unit part (besides exhausts) will end in 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 Parts 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-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 parts to scale back bulk for aerodynamic functions has made components just like the gearbox and transmission extra fragile. Nevertheless, what has had an excellent higher impression are the accidents. For instance, on the Williams vehicles of Lawson and Albon, resulting from incidents in earlier Grands Prix, all obtainable components have already been used, they usually might not have extra spares.

N.	Crew	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