Brendon Hartley, Toro Rosso, Paul Ricard, 2018

Hartley to start from back of grid after power unit problem

2018 French Grand Prix

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A Toro Rosso will start from the back of the grid for the second race weekend in a row in France due to a power unit problem.

Brendon Hartley is required to start from the back of the grid after exceeding his allocation all six of his minimum power unit components. He stopped with a power unit problem during second practice yesterday.

Hartley has taken his fourth engine, turbocharger and MGU-H plus his third MGU-K, energy store and control electronics.

Pierre Gasly was sent to the back of the field following a problem with the upgraded power unit Honda introduced at the last round.

Updated power unit components used

No. Car Engine Driver ICE TC MGU-H MGU-K ES CE
28 Toro Rosso Honda Brendon Hartley 4 4 4 3 3 3
10 Toro Rosso Honda Pierre Gasly 4 4 4 3 2 2
3 Red Bull TAG Heuer Daniel Ricciardo 3 3 3 2 2 2
33 Red Bull TAG Heuer Max Verstappen 2 3 2 3 1 2
8 Haas Ferrari Romain Grosjean 2 3 3 1 1 2
7 Ferrari Ferrari Kimi Raikkonen 2 3 2 1 1 2
55 Renault Renault Carlos Sainz Jnr 2 2 3 1 1 2
27 Renault Renault Nico Hulkenberg 2 2 3 1 1 2
20 Haas Ferrari Kevin Magnussen 2 2 2 1 2 2
77 Mercedes Mercedes Valtteri Bottas 2 2 2 1 2 2
9 Sauber Ferrari Marcus Ericsson 2 2 2 1 2 2
5 Ferrari Ferrari Sebastian Vettel 2 2 2 1 1 2
2 McLaren Renault Stoffel Vandoorne 2 2 2 1 1 2
14 McLaren Renault Fernando Alonso 2 2 2 2 1 1
11 Force India Mercedes Sergio Perez 2 2 2 1 2 1
31 Sauber Ferrari Charles Leclerc 2 2 2 1 1 1
44 Mercedes Mercedes Lewis Hamilton 2 2 2 1 1 1
31 Force India Mercedes Esteban Ocon 2 2 2 1 1 1
18 Williams Mercedes Lance Stroll 2 2 2 1 1 1
35 Williams Mercedes Sergey Sitorkin 2 2 2 1 1 1

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  • 2 comments on “Hartley to start from back of grid after power unit problem”

    1. Unsurprising.

    2. You have to feel sorry for the poor bugger, if there is any bad luck around it homes right in on him!

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