Sainz and Grosjean handed fresh F1 power units for Spanish GP

The FIA has confirmed Carlos Sainz and Romain Grosjean will take fresh Formula 1 power units for the remainder of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend.
Sainz and Grosjean handed fresh F1 power units for Spanish GP

The FIA has co♚nfirmed Carlos Sainz and Romain Grosjean will take fresh Formula 1 power units for the remainde꧃r of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend.

McLaren has decided to give Sainz a new power unit as it is still at a loss to what is causing the cooling issues which have plagued the Spaniard’s car 🐭since last weekend’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.

His race at Silverstone last weekend was severely compromised by his car over-heating, which meant McLaren had opened up the cooling on his car - negatively impacting the aerodynamic performance and thus costing him cr𝓰ucial lap time.

 

 

McLaren has opted to fit a fresh internal combustion engine (ICE), turbocharger, MGU-H an🍷d MGU-K before final practice in Spain.

The Spani🥀ard w♓ill not be hit with a penalty as it is the first time he has changed any of these parts this season.

Sainz enj♉oyed a strong outing in final practice, ending the session in fourth place.

Grosjean suffered an♔ engine issue in the closing stages of FP2 which has forced Haas to giv✱e the Frenchman a new ICE, turbocharger, MGU-H and control electronics.

Haas was forced to brꦿeak the curfew after it encountered a leak when replacing the engine - using one of their two ‘jokers’ it has to use this season.

Like Sainz, Grosjean will also not be hit with 😼a grid penalty for the sam𒉰e aforementioned reason.

Grosjean was unable to maintain h🍌is strong pace from Friday pr♉actice in Saturday’s morning session, ending FP3 down in 13th - 1.4s down on pace-setter Lewis Hamilton.

Qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix gets underway at 1500 local time / 1400 BST 💖on Saturday afternoon.

 

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