Daniel Ricciardo will take a grid penalty for this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix after another power unit component change.
The Red Bull driver has taken his sixth turbocharger, further exceeding the maximum limit of three per season.
The FIA has announced Ricciardo will receive a five-place grid drop.
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Power unit components used
| No. | Car | Engine | Driver | ICE | TC | MGU-H | MGU-K | ES | CE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Toro Rosso | Honda | Brendon Hartley | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Toro Rosso | Honda | Pierre Gasly | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Red Bull | TAG Heuer | Daniel Ricciardo | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 27 | Renault | Renault | Nico Hulkenberg | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | McLaren | Renault | Fernando Alonso | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 33 | Red Bull | TAG Heuer | Max Verstappen | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 77 | Mercedes | Mercedes | Valtteri Bottas | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 55 | Renault | Renault | Carlos Sainz Jnr | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | McLaren | Renault | Stoffel Vandoorne | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Sauber | Ferrari | Marcus Ericsson | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Haas | Ferrari | Romain Grosjean | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Haas | Ferrari | Kevin Magnussen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Sauber | Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Ferrari | Ferrari | Sebastian Vettel | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 44 | Mercedes | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Force India | Mercedes | Sergio Perez | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Force India | Mercedes | Esteban Ocon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Williams | Mercedes | Lance Stroll | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | Williams | Mercedes | Sergey Sitorkin | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Ferrari | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
ICE: Internal Combustion Engine
TC: Turbocharger
MGU-K: Motor Generator Unit – Kinetic
MGU-H: Moto Generator Unit: Heat
ES: Energy Store
CE: Control Electronics
2018 F1 season
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- McLaren Racing losses rise after Honda split
- Ricciardo: Baku “s***show” was Red Bull’s fault
Brian (@bealzbob)
9th November 2018, 13:15
Argh, they need a way to punish this without ruining the race for the fans.
Iosif (@afonic)
9th November 2018, 13:22
Or Renault needs to do a proper job and make components that last as long as they are required, as Mercedes and Ferrari do years now.
Brian (@bealzbob)
9th November 2018, 15:33
That’s my point @afonic. Renault need to be incentivised to do a better job, but we would still like to see Danny at the sharp end in the meantime. I didn’t say it’d be an easy fix :)
DaveW (@dmw)
9th November 2018, 15:22
Putting a first-division car a few places back improves the race for the fans, at least for a few laps.
coefficient (@coefficient)
9th November 2018, 13:21
LOL!
coefficient (@coefficient)
9th November 2018, 13:22
The poor chap just can’t get a break.
Matn
9th November 2018, 16:36
Next year he will… completly out of free choice… and a couple of millions extra
Phylyp (@phylyp)
9th November 2018, 13:30
Right after he said he is going to drive this weekend :-)
HUHHII (@huhhii)
9th November 2018, 13:48
@phylyp IMO they really should’ve put Gasly in that 2nd RB by now. It would surely be useful for his preparation for upcoming season. RB has nothing to lose, but they could possibly gain a lot from it
Phylyp (@phylyp)
9th November 2018, 13:56
@huhhii – Very true. For all the criticism that Marko/Horner receive, I think there are some things they don’t like to do, and one is moving out a driver early, in preparation for the next season. Back in 2013, they had both titles in the bag, and they still ran with Webber to the end (although that was a retirement, not a team change). So credit to them for giving Ricciardo a race seat for the remaining races.
Come to think of it, your comment makes a good amount of sense. If they asked Ricciardo to sit out the races (and pay him for it, obviously), they could put Gasly in there, and bring in Kvyat into Gasly’s seat. That would also give them a good shot at evaluating Hartley vs. Kvyat, to assess the confirmed and questionable driver for the junior team.
Matteo (@m-bagattini)
9th November 2018, 14:01
@huhhii @phylyp Ricciardo could have enjoyed a couple of races at Toro Rosso too, IMHO
Robbie (@robbie)
9th November 2018, 14:07
I don’t think it would be of much use putting Gasly in the RBR/Renault for two races that would see him acclimatizing only, and possibly struggling for that reason, when he’ll be in an RBR/Honda next year with a different front wing. No need to upset the apple cart at this point. Better to let him have his last two races at STR/Honda to continue to help evaluate their latest iteration of PU and bring that knowledge and experience to RBR/Honda, imho.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
9th November 2018, 14:18
@robbie – very nice rebuttal
Robbie (@robbie)
9th November 2018, 14:43
Thanks, man.
ColdFly (@)
9th November 2018, 14:51
They could put Verstappen in a Honda-powered car though. His feedback could be very valuable for the further development of PU and software.
I know he’s close to Bottas & Raikkonen in the WDC standing; but except for various DNF’s he is unlikely going to overtake them.
@robbie
Robbie (@robbie)
9th November 2018, 15:09
@coldfly True, but I’m guessing they don’t see that as valuable enough to actually do it. That Gasly will be moving over to RBR with his Honda experience is likely feedback enough for them. Their real work will start when they are in the 2019 RBR/Honda, or simulators representing such.
Joao (@johnmilk)
9th November 2018, 14:00
Lets just take a moment and appreciate the reliability of the Mercs and the Ferraris. Simply outstanding
Phil Norman (@phil-f1-21)
9th November 2018, 14:10
Daniel doesn’t seem to get any luck at all.
Is it me or does there seem more unreliability with the Red Bull Renault engines than with the other two teams. The statistics bear this out actually.
Hopefully Daniel will be more fortunate next year if Renault keep improving.
Robbie (@robbie)
9th November 2018, 14:55
Yeah I’ll speculate the short answer to that is that RBR has the chassis that is capable of stretching the Pu to it’s limits whereas the others are more limited by their chassis and so don’t stress their Pu as much.
Jere (@jerejj)
9th November 2018, 14:13
Again. I thought they weren’t supposed to have to take another grid-penalties this season anymore following the tactical penalties that were taken in Sochi, LOL.
Garns (@)
10th November 2018, 13:23
@jerejj I heard today it was due to damage after a Marshall sprayed his car last race. May make more sense if that is correct.
But again, no luck for our Daniel !!
Jere (@jerejj)
10th November 2018, 14:06
@garns Yes, that’s true. I posted my comment before it was informed how the turbo got damaged.
cookie71 (@paulcook)
9th November 2018, 14:23
It would be good to have another column in the table, listing how many grid penalties each driver has had this year.
We definitely need to find a better way that doesn’t mean in the latter half of the season drivers fail to finish one race, then get a huge penalty in the next race.
Andrew Purkis
9th November 2018, 14:44
horner says Max is a championship contender next year
lets have a look at the Honda power elements used this year so far 8
previous years 8 – 10
hahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
9th November 2018, 15:11
Not really surprised given the amount of smoke that poured out the back of his car in Mexico. Always thought it was more than a clutch.
Hopefully this at least will give him a car that will finish a race.
Dewald Nel (@ho3n3r)
9th November 2018, 17:16
Of course he is.