With solely two Grands Prix remaining on this lengthy Championship, groups have practically exhausted the components allowed beneath the laws 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 elements to keep away from penalties. Nonetheless, 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 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 all the time been a vital think about securing World Championship titles, much more so since laws launched limits on the variety of elements that may be changed on a automotive. This primarily impacts components associated to the ability unit and the gearbox and transmission system.
Beneath the 2024 laws, 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 evident: 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-Ok | ES | CE | EX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Pink Bull | Max Verstappen | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | Pink 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 components just like the gearbox and transmission extra fragile. Nonetheless, what has had a good larger influence are the accidents. For instance, on the Williams vehicles of Lawson and Albon, on account of incidents in earlier Grands Prix, all out there components have already been used, and so they could not have further spares.
| N. | Crew | Driver | Gearbox |
Transmission and auxiliaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Pink Bull | Max Verstappen | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | Pink 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 |
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