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.

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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”

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      Jere (@jerejj)
      23rd June 2018, 12:57

      Unsurprising.

    2. rpaco
      23rd June 2018, 14:15

      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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