After 4 Grands Prix out of a 24-race calendar (plus the Dash), the reliability state of affairs is beginning to get fascinating.
Yesterday, the FIA confirmed that, for the Saudi Arabian GP, all Pink Bull Powertrains-powered drivers – specifically Pink Bull and Racing Bulls – concurrently changed 4 energy unit parts: ICE (inner combustion engine), TC (turbocharger), MGU-H, and MGU-Okay. This mass substitute is solely authorized (because it includes the second of the 4 parts permitted for almost all parts), but it surely raises quite a lot of warning bells inside RBPT.
Not like different engine producers, Pink Bull-associated groups are the one ones to have changed so many components concurrently this early, at simply the fifth spherical of the season. It’s exhausting to assume it’s only a coincidence: the acute warmth in Jeddah and knowledge gathered from sensors on the finish of the earlier race could have prompted engineers to keep away from dangers and make early replacements. Nevertheless, the frequency of those interventions means that some side of thermal administration or mechanical reliability wants nearer consideration, particularly since any additional substitute of both the management electronics or batteries will end in a 10-place grid penalty for all 4 RBPT drivers (George Russell can be in the identical state of affairs along with his Mercedes).
Because of a mixture of reliability issues, rain-related crashes in Australia, incidents in China, and points throughout follow periods in Japan, Oliver Bearman, Jack Doohan, and Liam Lawson had already used the second of the 4 accessible energy items. With at present’s replacements, Jack Doohan and Liam Lawson are successfully approaching three, whereas Gasly now reaches two.
Amid a very difficult begin to the season, there may be excellent news from Ferrari, which, like McLaren, Aston Martin, Sauber, and Williams, has not skilled any reliability points.
With such a protracted championship, automotive reliability can be an important issue within the struggle for the World Championships, particularly because the rules restrict what number of parts might be changed on a automotive earlier than grid penalties are utilized. Particularly, energy unit components and people associated to the gearbox and transmission are intently monitored.
Based on the rules (Article 28.2), throughout the 2025 season, a driver could not use greater than 4 ICEs, 4 MGU-Hs, 4 MGU-Ks, and 4 turbochargers (TC), 2 batteries (ES), 2 management electronics (CE), and eight exhaust programs.
Up to date desk of components utilized by every driver in 2025 (after the Bahrain GP and the FIA doc dated 18-04)
| N. | Scuderia | Pilota | ICE | TC | MGU-H | MGU-Okay | ES | CE | EX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | McLaren | Oscar Piastri | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 04 | McLaren | Lando Norris | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | Ferrari | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 01 | Pink Bull | Max Verstappen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Pink Bull | Yuki Tsunoda | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 63 | Mercedes | George Russell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Mercedes | Kimi Antonelli | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Aston Martin | Lance Stroll | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Aston Martin | Fernando Alonso | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Alpine | Pierre Gasly | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 07 | Alpine | Jack Doohan | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 | Haas | Esteban Ocon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 87 | Haas | Olivier Bearman | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 06 | RBR | Isack Hadjar | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | RBR | Liam Lawson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | Williams | Alexander Albon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | Williams | Carlos Sainz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Sauber | Gabriel Bortoleto | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 05 | Sauber | Nico Hulkenberg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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