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Used parts before GP Japan | New ICEs for Verstappen, Hamilton

14:04, 22 Sep 2023

byLudo van Denderen

Formula 1 is on a little trip through Asia. Meanwhile, the first sessions have been run at the Suzuka circuit in Japan. So with the race again, the end of the 2023 season is one step closer. So the likelihood of grid penalties for exceeding the total number of parts allowed also increases. GPblog has listed the number of parts used per driver.

Red Bull Racing installs new internal combustion engines

Red Bull Racing has installed a new internal combustion engine (ICE) in the cars of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez each, plus a new turbocharger, an MGU-H and an MGU-K. This brings the Austrians to the maximum allowed for their cars to be used in 2023. The next time Red Bull uses a new one of any of these elements, it will result in a grid penalty.

Lewis Hamilton(Mercedes), Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll (both Aston Martin), Oscar Piastri (McLaren) and Logan Sargeant (Williams) also received all these new parts. For all of them: a grid penalty automatically follows next time.

Engine parts for GP Japan

Check out the full list below!

Driver	Engine	ICE (x4)	TC (x4)	MGU-H (x4)	MGU-K (x4)	ES (x2)	CE (x2)	EX (x8)
Max Verstappen	RBPT	4	4	4	4	2	2	5
Sergio Perez	RBPT	4	4	4	4	3	3	5
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	4	4	4	3	4	6
Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	4	4	4	4	2	2	5
Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	4	4	4	4	2	2	5
George Russel	Mercedes	4	4	4	4	2	2	4
Pierre Gasly	Renault	4	4	4	4	2	2	6
Esteban Ocon	Renault	3	4	4	4	2	2	5
Lando Norris	Mercedes	4	3	3	3	2	2	6
Oscar Piastri	Mercedes	4	4	4	4	2	2	5
Valtteri Bottas	Ferrari	4	4	4	4	2	2	6
Guanyu Zhou	Ferrari	4	4	4	4	2	2	5
Fernando Alonso	Mercedes	4	4	4	4	2	2	4
Lance Stroll	Mercedes	4	4	4	4	2	2	4
Kevin Magnussen	Ferrari	5	5	5	3	3	3	5
Nico Hulkenberg	Ferrari	5	5	5	5	2	3	6
Daniel Ricciardo/Liam Lawson/Nyckde Vries	RBPT	4	4	4	4	3	3	5
Yuki Tsunoda	RBPT	4	4	4	4	2	2	5
Logan Sargeant	Mercedes	4	4	4	4	2	2	5
Alexander Albon	Mercedes	4	4	4	4	2	2	5

Gearbox parts for GP Japan

For the Japanese Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton and Lance Stroll also have access to a new gearbox. This is a full breakdown of how many parts the drivers used in 2023:

Driver	Team	GBX C & C (x4)	GBX DL (x4)
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	4	5
Sergio Perez	Red Bull	4	4
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	4
Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	4	4
Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3	3
George Russel	Mercedes	3	3
Pierre Gasly	Alpine	4	4
Esteban Ocon	Alpine	3	4
Lando Norris	McLaren	3	3
Oscar Piastri	McLaren	3	3
Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	3	3
Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	3	3
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	3	3
Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	4	4
Kevin Magnussen	Haas	5	5
Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	5	5
Daniel Ricciardo/Liam Lawson/Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	3	3
Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	3	3
Logan Sargeant	Williams	3	3
Alexander Albon	Williams	3	3