Daniel Ricciardo will start the Hungarian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after Renault decided to fit a complete new power unit to his car for the race.
Ricciardo said his car was quick enough to qualify in the top 10 for the race but was set to start from 18th position following his incident with Sergio Perez in Q1. Ricciardo and Perez delayed each other after the Renault driver tried to pass his rival at the exit of the final corner.Renault has therefore taken the opportunity to fit a new power unit to Ricciardo’s car as doing so will only move him back two places on the grid, to 20th. Ricciardo has taken his fourth engine, turbocharger and MGU-H, plus his third MGU-K, energy store and control electronics.
The stewards confirmed Ricciardo is “required to start the race from the rear of the grid” following the changes.
Power unit components used so far
| No. | Car | Engine | Driver | ICE | TC | MGU-H | MGU-K | ES | CE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Toro Rosso | Honda | Alexander Albon | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Renault | Renault | Nico Hulkenberg | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | Toro Rosso | Honda | Daniil Kvyat | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 55 | McLaren | Renault | Carlos Sainz Jnr | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Renault | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | McLaren | Renault | Lando Norris | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 33 | Red Bull | Honda | Max Verstappen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Red Bull | Honda | Pierre Gasly | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Alfa Romeo | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Racing Point | Mercedes | Lance Stroll | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Williams | Mercedes | George Russell | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 99 | Alfa Romeo | Ferrari | Antonio Giovinazzi | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Haas | Ferrari | Kevin Magnussen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Ferrari | Ferrari | Sebastian Vettel | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Haas | Ferrari | Romain Grosjean | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Ferrari | Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 77 | Mercedes | Mercedes | Valtteri Bottas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Racing Point | Mercedes | Sergio Perez | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Williams | Mercedes | Robert Kubica | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | Mercedes | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Chaitanya
4th August 2019, 12:05
Just out of curiosity how is it that CE are getting damaged? Since they are just electronics they shouldnt have such high wear/failure rate.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
4th August 2019, 12:25
I’m not sure of the other manufacturers, but IIRC, Ferrari had a design fault in their CE which they detected around Bahrain (I think that’s what impacted Leclerc), which forced all their 6 cars to put in a new CE.
Pretty interesting to see Russell on 3 ES/CEs, when almost all the other Mercedes cars are on their first.
L (@lebz)
4th August 2019, 12:53
Vibrations from riding the kerbs… for some strange reason, electrical circuits dont like vibration.
Chaitanya
4th August 2019, 15:10
Generally solder joints are the weak points but I think teams will be packaging CE with sufficient shock absorbing material to protect them from vibrations.
BLS (@brightlampshade)
4th August 2019, 12:19
Guess it’s the smart move to do, not the track to move forward on so is unlikely to get points either way.
Short Circuit (@jjohn)
4th August 2019, 14:05
Yep at last Renault seem to have made a good call.
mixwell (@mixwell)
4th August 2019, 13:40
this must be 1001 bhp