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Engine parts mid-season overview | Who should fear grid penalty?
F1 teams are bound by a maximum number of engine parts per car that they can use in a season. In this overview, you can see per driver how much of each engine part has already been used. So you can see who is up against a grid penalty. Charles Leclerc already received one. Max Verstappen seems safe for now
What are the limits?
A driver is allowed to replace the following engine parts four times: internal combustion engine (ICE), turbocharger (TC), MGU-K, MGU-H. At the beginning, the FIA set the limit at three for the parts, but during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend this was increased to four. The control electronics (CE) and battery (ES) may only be renewed twice. Finally, F1 teams are also allowed to replace the exhaust system (EX), this may be done a maximum of eight times in the 2023 season.
At halfway through 2023 F1 season
As 11 races have been run, it is now easy to see in the overview which driver will possibly make it without a grid penalty. This is a practically almost impossible scenario, but at the moment a few teams are in good shape. Like Aston Martin with the Mercedes engine. The team is still on track in terms of almost all engine components not to go over the limit until the last race. With Oscar Piastri, Logan Sargeant and Lewis Hamilton, you can see further evidence that the Mercedes engine is a reliable machine.
The energy store (ES) and control electronics (CE) remain a thorny issue. Almost every driver is already at his tax and some over it. So even for Max Verstappen, a grid penalty is looming in the second half of the season. That will automatically make for an interesting catch-up race. As for ES and CE, only the Alfa Romeo's and the Haas cars are still somewhat in the green
Overview of engine parts per driver midway through F1 season 2023
| Driver | Engine | ICE (x4) | TC (x4) | MGU-H (x4) | MGU-K (x4) | ES (x2) | CE (x2) | EX (x8) |
| Max Verstappen | RBPT | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Sergio Perez | RBPT | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
|
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| George Russel | Mercedes | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Pierre Gasly | Renault | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Esteban Ocon | Renault | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Lando Norris | Mercedes | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
|
Oscar Piastri |
Mercedes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Ferrari | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Ferrari | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
|
Fernando Alonso |
Mercedes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Mercedes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Ferrari | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Ferrari | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| RBPT | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| RBPT | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
|
Logan Sargeant |
Mercedes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Mercedes | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
