Alpine, Alfa Romeo and Haas drivers to use fresh PU elements
Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and the two Alfa Romeo and Haas drivers will use fresh power unit components at this weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix which takes place at the Red Bull Ring.
For the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, exhaust systems have been added to the list of limited-use components, with each driver allowed no more than eight per season.
Should a driver exceed that limit, grid penalties will apply, just as with engines (ICE) (three per season), motor generator units-heat (MGU-H) (three), turbochargers (TC) (three), energy stores (ES) (two), control electronics (CE) (two), and motor generator units-kinetic (MGU-K) (three).
Alfa Romeo’s duo of Kimi Räikkönen and Antonio Giovinazzi and Haas drivers Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher have all started their Styrian Grand Prix weekend with a new MGU-K. The motor generator unit-kinetic used by the these dour drivers is the second of the three new motor generator units-kinetic allowed for the 2021 Championship season.
Räikkönen and Giovinazzi and Alpine driver Esteban Ocon will use a fresh control electronics at the Styrian Grand Prix which will be the second of the two new control electronics allowed for the 2021 Championship season.
The French driver will, furthermore, have access to a fresh energy store which is the second of the two new energy stores allowed in the 2021 F1 season.
Three drivers will use a fresh gearbox at the Red Bull Ring. AlphaTauri racer Pierre Gasly and Mazepin used their prebious gearbox for six consecutive events which granted them a new unit for the Styrian Grand Prix. AlphaTauri’s Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda had to replace his previous geabox for a spare one at Paul Ricard, therefore he is allowed to use a new one at the Red Bull Ring.
