Though the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is simply the second spherical of the 2024 F1 season, Purple Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez are set to race right this moment with a contemporary gearbox unit.
For the eleventh 12 months working, the 2024 F1 vehicles are powered by V6 hybrid turbo energy items with 1.6-litre engines. This season represents the penultimate 12 months the present engine configuration seems earlier than being changed by a brand new energy unit method in 2026.
Present F1 energy items function seven parts: the inner combustion engine (ICE), motor generator unit-heat (MGU-H), motor generator unit-kinetic (MGU-Ok), turbocharger, vitality retailer (ES), management electronics (CE) and exhaust.
Over the course of the 2024 season, a driver could use not more than 4 ICEs, MGU-Hs, MGU-Ks and turbochargers, two vitality shops and management electronics, and eight of every of the 4 parts that make up a set of exhaust techniques (comprising primaries left-hand aspect, primaries right-hand aspect, secondary LHS and secondary RHS).
The Jeddah F1 race sees Williams driver Alex Albon race with a brand new vitality retailer and a brand new management electronics, which signifies that he has no extra new items for the rest of the season.
Equally, Kick Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas has acquired a contemporary management electronics, which signifies that he has to get via the whole season with this and the earlier one if he intends to keep away from a sporting penalty.
Gearbox items
Drivers are additionally restricted by way of what number of restricted-number parts (RNCs) they will use throughout a season. RNCs are parts that make up the gearbox, cut up between the gearbox case and cassette, and the gearbox driveline, gear change parts and auxiliary parts.
As with their energy items, drivers have a ‘pool’ of 4 gearboxes that may be swapped round throughout the season. Solely when a driver exceeds their allocation of both of the above gearbox parts do they obtain a grid penalty.
Though the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is simply the second spherical of the 2024 F1 season, Purple Bull have already elected to equip Max Verstappen’s and Sergio Perez’s automobile with a contemporary gearbox unit.
Carlos Sainz’s SF24 has additionally been geared up with a brand new gearbox case and gearbox driveline, though the Spaniard’s automobile will probably be raced by F2 drivers and Ferrari Academy member Oliver Bearman.
Following his heavy crash in closing apply, Kick Sauber additionally modified the gearbox case and driveline in Zhou Guanyu’s automobile.
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