Power units: Tsunoda to receive additional PU elements in Mexico

AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda will begin behind the grid for the Mexico City Grand Prix after his crew elected to change a number of energy unit parts in his AT04.

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

Over the course of the 2023 season, a driver could use not more than 4 ICEs, MGU-Hs, MGU-Ks and turbochargers. Furthermore, drivers are restricted to two vitality shops and management electronics, and eight of every of the 4 elements that make up a set of exhaust techniques (comprising primaries left-hand aspect, primaries right-hand aspect, secondary LHS and secondary RHS).

AlphaTauri have confirmed that Tsunoda’s automotive was fitted with quite a lot of new parts in Mexico City, which included a number of energy unit elements such because the Internal Combustion Engine, Turbo Charger, Motor Generator Unit – Heat, Motor Generator Unit – Kinetic, Energy Store.

With Tsunoda exceeding his allocation with all his new parts, the stewards have determined that he’ll begin the Mexico City F1 race from the again of the grid.

The Japanese driver and freshly-crowned three-time world champion Max Verstappen have acquired a brand new exhaust system. It was the seventh unit for Tsunoda and the sixth for the Dutchman with drivers having an allocation of eight exhaust techniques throughout the 2023 F1 season.

New gearbox

Regarding the gearbox models, two drivers have acquired recent parts for the Mexico City Grand Prix. Tsunoda and Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso will compete with a brand new gearbox case and cassette and a brand new gearbox driveline.

Over the course of the 2023 F1 season, drivers have to get round with an allocation of 4 gearbox cassettes & circumstances and 4 driverlines, gear change parts and auxiliary parts.

Alonso has used three gearbox models up to now which implies that his fourth unit remains to be inside his permitted allocation for 2023. However, the Japanese racer has already used 4 gearbox models which implies that the change triggers a grid-drop penalty.