Nico Hulkenberg will also have a grid penalty for this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix after Renault decided to change his engine.
He will take Renault’s new engine which Daniel Ricciardo already used at the previous round in France. The new engine will be the fifth Hulkenberg has used this year, the first time he has taken a fifth power unit part, meaning he is set for a 10-place grid penalty.Toro Rosso have also changed more parts of Alexander Albon’s power unit. He has taken a new engine, turbo, MGU-H and MGU-K, which wil increase his store of spare parts he can use without a penalty later in the season.
Albon, who joins Hulkenberg on his fifth engine, was already set to start the race from the back of the grid. Carlos Sainz Jnr, who also has a penalty for an engine change yesterday, will also start from the tail of the field.
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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 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Red Bull | Honda | Max Verstappen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Red Bull | Honda | Pierre Gasly | 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 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 99 | Alfa Romeo | Ferrari | Antonio Giovinazzi | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Haas | Ferrari | Kevin Magnussen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | McLaren | Renault | Lando Norris | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Haas | Ferrari | Romain Grosjean | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Alfa Romeo | Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Ferrari | Ferrari | Sebastian Vettel | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Ferrari | Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 77 | Mercedes | Mercedes | Valtteri Bottas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Racing Point | Mercedes | Sergio Perez | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Williams | Mercedes | Robert Kubica | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | Mercedes | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Jere (@jerejj)
29th June 2019, 12:00
It’ll be interesting to see how far up the order can he, and Sainz, (and Albon) claw from further behind, although the former will only drop five places relative to his qualifying-position meaning that his final grid-position might be something similar to the last race while Sainz’s is definitely going to be more towards the back-end.
Nitzo (@webtel)
29th June 2019, 12:18
There is also 5 place grid penalty for Kevin Mag. Thanks to a gearbox change.
Ronald (@mosquito)
29th June 2019, 13:29
Given their performance in FP I’m afraid it won’t make much of a difference voor Kevin…
erikje
29th June 2019, 16:55
It’s good to see Renault is capable of building engines at the same speed they are failing.