Lewis Hamilton and Esteban Ocon will begin the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from the pit lane after taking a number of new energy unit components following qualifying, breaching their allowances for the season.
Mercedes driver Hamilton had certified for the race in seventh on Saturday however has now put in a fifth Inside Combustion Engine (ICE) of the season on his W15. The Briton has additionally taken on a fifth turbocharger (TC), fifth MGU-H and a fifth MGU-Ok.
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For Alpine’s Ocon, who has endured a turbulent weekend up to now on what can be his one hundred and fiftieth Grand Prix, he has additionally taken on a brand new ICE, TC and MGU-H to breach his allowances for the season. Nonetheless, the Frenchman had certified final on Saturday after being plagued with reliability woes throughout various periods.
The penalties are the newest twist within the qualifying ends in Baku after Pierre Gasly was disqualified from the session over a gas move breach whereas Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu went into qualifying figuring out he’d begin in the back of the grid after exceeding his personal allowance of energy unit parts.
