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An update of the power unit usage for Baku

Three races into the 2019 season, here is our first power unit usage update, with a table summarizing the situation heading into Baku.

With Honda supplying its Spec2 power unit to both red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso, the update a new ICE, turbo charger, MGU-K and MGU-H for Max Verstappen, Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon and Daniil Kvyat.

Ferrari's new-spec Control Electronics (CE) has finally been fitted to the engines of Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi, with the Italian hit with a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday's Azerbaijan GP for taking on a third CE in 2019.

Power Element Usage

Driver	ICE	TC	MGU-H	MGU-K	ES	CE
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton	1	1	1	1	1	1
Valtteri Bottas	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ferrari
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	1	1	1	2
Charles Leclerc	1	1	1	1	1	2
Red Bull/Honda
Max Verstappen	2	2	2	2	1	1
Pierre Gasly	2	2	2	2	1	1
Renault
Daniel Ricciardo	1	1	1	2	1	1
Nico Hülkenberg	2	2	2	2	1	1
Haas/Ferrari
Romain Grosjean	1	1	1	1	1	2
Kevin Magnussen	1	1	1	1	1	2
McLaren/Renault
Carlos Sainz	2	2	2	2	1	1
Lando Norris	1	1	1	2	1	1
Racing Point/Mercedes
Sergio Pérez	1	1	1	1	1	1
Lance Stroll	1	1	1	1	1	1
Alfa Romeo/Ferrari
Kimi Räikkönen	1	1	1	1	1	2
Antonio Giovinazzi	1	1	1	1	1	3
Toro Rosso/Honda
Daniil Kvyat	3	2	2	2	1	1
Alexander Albon	3	2	2	2	2	2
Williams/Mercedes
George Russell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Robert Kubica	1	1	1	1	1	1

Notes:

ICE: Internal Combustion Engine
TC: Turbo Charger
MGU-H: Motor Generator Unit – Heat
MGU-K: Motor Generator Unit – Kinetic
ES: Energy Store
CE: Control Electronics

Andrew Lewin

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