George Russell is set to take a grid penalty for this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix after Williams fitted a fourth power unit to his car.
Russell’s team had to fit a new power unit to his car at the second race of the season following a failure during the first race at the Red Bull Ring.The Williams driver will therefore start this weekend’s race from the back of the grid, unless other drivers also receive penalties.
Sergio Perez, who like Russell also uses Mercedes power, has had a third MGU-K fitted to his car this weekend. The Racing Point driver will not incur a penalty.
Power unit components used by drivers so far in 2020
No. | Car | Engine | Driver | ICE | TC | MGU-H | MGU-K | ES | CE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
63 | Williams | Mercedes | George Russell | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
23 | Red Bull | Honda | Alexander Albon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
33 | Red Bull | Honda | Max Verstappen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
10 | AlphaTauri | Honda | Pierre Gasly | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
3 | Renault | Renault | Daniel Ricciardo | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
11 | Racing Point | Mercedes | Sergio Perez | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
31 | Williams | Mercedes | Nicholas Latifi | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
77 | Mercedes | Mercedes | Valtteri Bottas | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
18 | Racing Point | Mercedes | Lance Stroll | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
44 | Mercedes | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
26 | AlphaTauri | Honda | Daniil Kvyat | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
4 | McLaren | Renault | Lando Norris | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
55 | McLaren | Renault | Carlos Sainz Jnr | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
31 | Renault | Renault | Esteban Ocon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
16 | Ferrari | Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
5 | Ferrari | Ferrari | Sebastian Vettel | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
8 | Haas | Ferrari | Romain Grosjean | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
7 | Alfa Romeo | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
20 | Haas | Ferrari | Kevin Magnussen | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
99 | Alfa Romeo | Ferrari | Antonio Giovinazzi | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Jere (@jerejj)
13th November 2020, 8:53
Not an entire PU, only ICE, TC, and MGU-H. He’s still within the allocation elsewhere. He’s going to stat last anyway.
Crossmember
13th November 2020, 9:07
He has been getting out of Q1, so no he wouldn’t be starting last anyway!
Jere (@jerejj)
13th November 2020, 9:33
I meant whether it’s all elements or only some.
Broke84 (@broke84)
13th November 2020, 9:15
He will still start ahead of Latifi
BaKano (@bakano)
13th November 2020, 10:57
Am I mistaken or is this the first grid penalty in 2020 for exceeding the PU components?
And if that’s the case, curious that it happens with a Mercedes PU and not a Honda or Renault (if I’m not mistaken Ferrari gotten pretty reliable in previous years already)…