In view of the following round of the 2023 Formula 1 campaign, let’s take a detailed look at the amount of power unit components used by each Formula 1 team so far this season.
Midway through the 2023 Formula 1 season, with 13 races completed, including the Sprint Races in Austria and Azerbaijan, teams are starting to face penalties for replacing components beyond the allowed limit set by regulations.
In their pursuit of maximum performance and even fractions of seconds that can make a significant difference in the standings, teams have not had the opportunity to manage the rotation of parts within the regulations effectively.
Although reliability has significantly improved in recent years, many drivers are still at risk of penalties because the regulations impose limits on the number of parts that can be replaced on a single car, with particular attention to power unit components, gearbox, and transmission.
According to the regulations for the 2023 Formula One season, a driver cannot use more than four Internal Combustion Engines (ICE), MGU-H (Motor Generator Unit – Heat), MGU-K (Motor Generator Unit – Kinetic), and turbochargers (TC), two Energy Stores (ES), two Control Electronics (CE), and eight exhaust systems.
The FIA has published a report detailing all the parts used so far on the various drivers’ cars.
Updated table of parts used by each driver in 2023 (after the Hungarian Grand Prix last weekend)
| N. | Team | Driver | ICE | TC | MGU-H | MGU-K | ES | CE | EX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Red Bull | Sergio Perez | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 55 | Ferrari | Carlos Sainz | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 63 | Mercedes | George Russell | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 44 | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | Alpine | Esteban Ocon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Alpine | Pierre Gasly | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 81 | McLaren | Oscar Piastri | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 04 | McLaren | Lando Norris | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 77 | Alfa Romeo | Valtteri Bottas | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | Alfa Romeo | Zhou Guanyu | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 | Aston Martin | Lance Stroll | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Aston Martin | Fernando Alonso | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Ferrari | Kevin Magnussen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 27 | Ferrari | Nico Hulkenberg | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | AlphaTauri | Ricciardo | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | AlphaTauri | Yuki Tsunoda | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Williams | Alexander Albon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 02 | Williams | Logan Sargeant | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Regarding the gearbox and transmission, among the drivers at risk, Max Verstappen had used four of the five allowed so far this season. On par with him in this category are Pierre Gasly, Kevin Magnussen, and Nico Hulkenberg. All the other drivers, on the other hand, have used three or two gearboxes.
Red Bull in fact confirmed that the Dutchman would take a new gearbox this weekend, aware that it would be easy for him to recover the five-place grid penalty given the track characteristics and the impressive performance of the RB19.
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