Energy unit: Ferrari-powered vehicles to obtain loads of contemporary parts

A number of Ferrari-powered vehicles will full tomorrow’s Austrian Grand Prix with a number of contemporary energy unit parts whereas reigning world champion Max Verstappen has additionally began utilizing his second and final management electronics on residence turf for his crew. F1Technical’s senior author Balázs Szabó stories on the engine state of affairs from the Crimson Bull Ring paddock.

The present technology of F1 energy models options seven totally different parts: the interior combustion engine (ICE), motor generator unit-heat (MGU-H), motor generator unit-kinetic (MGU-Okay), turbocharger, vitality retailer (ES), management electronics (CE) and exhaust.

Over the course of the 2023 season, a driver might 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.

All 4 drivers racing for the client Ferrari groups, Alfa Romeo and Haas acquired contemporary inner combustion engines for the Austrian Grand Prix. Apparently, will probably be solely the third new engine for Valtteri Bottas, Zhou Guanyu, Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg regardless of Ferrari’s reliability points within the earlier a part of the 2023 F1 season.

The 2 Haas vehicles will probably be outfitted with a brand new turbocharger as nicely with the 2 manufacturing unit Ferrari drivers additionally receiving a contemporary TC. Will probably be the third unit for all 4 drivers, that means that they nonetheless have one new part to make use of within the the rest of the season.

The identical quartet will use a contemporary motor generator unit – warmth in Austria with one new unit remaining for the remainder of the present championship marketing campaign.

Apparently, all Ferrari-powered vehicles will probably be outfitted with a contemporary exhaust system on the Crimson Bull Ring with all of them having used three EXs up till this level of the season.

Double world champion Max Verstappen will add a brand new vitality retailer and a brand new management electronics to his pool of engine parts. Which means the Crimson Bull driver will attempt to see out the season along with his earlier and the newly-installed unit.

AlphaTauri’s Nyck de Vries and Yuki Tsunoda will probably be allotted with a contemporary vitality retailer with the Japanese drivers additionally having acquired a contemporary management electronics identical to Alfa Romeo’s Bottas.

That was the facility unit state of affairs forward of the Austrian Grand Prix:

As for the gearbox models, Oscar Piastri is the one driver to have began the Austrian Grand Prix weekend with a contemporary gearbox cassette and gearbox driveline & auxiliary parts. With drivers having an allocation of 4 gearbox cassettes and internals for your entire season, the Australian nonetheless has another contemporary unit for the rest of the season.