Engine Usage

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dans79
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I Think in the next few races we will see teams doing what Merc did for Lewis, mix and match old components hoping to get an extra race or 2 out of them.
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bonjon1979
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Yeah I saw somewhere that because the track layout isn't so hard on engines they used some Friday parts[/quote]
Ah, I may have jumped the gun on increasing Lewis' tally then. It may come at Spa instead, when he needs a new engine.[/quote]
I think after Monza everyone will be at 5 ICE at least. Mercs can use a new one for every of these races, Bulls maybe for Spa as there is not much for them to win in Monza.
diffuser wrote:I wonder if we'll see people like Maldonado start to skip quali to save engine mileage? Let's face it, he faces a risk of a penalty for spa and/or Monza. He maybe into his 7th Engine by then and that's a 20 position grid penalty. I guess he'd run 1 lap in Q3 to make the 107% rule then exit?
Not running in Q will not change anything. I think he will use a new engine at Monza and take it as it is. If there is no chance of finishing the season with 6 engines, they will maybe also use a new engine in Spa as they will profit the most there.[/quote]
I thought they only had 5 engines for the year.