65-place grid penalty for Hamilton over additional PU elements

Doc 43 - Infringement - Car 44 - Additional changes to PU elements

2026 São Paulo Grand Prix

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Summary

Lewis Hamilton receives a 65-place grid penalty for exceeding the season's allowance of power unit elements.

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The stewards imposed a 65-place grid penalty on Lewis Hamilton (Car 44) for using additional power unit (PU) elements beyond his seasonal allowance. The penalty is a result of using a 6th ICE, 5th TC, 5th EXH, 4th ES, 4th PU-CE, 4th MGU-K, and 7th PU-ANC. The ICE element carries a 5-place penalty (Article B8.2.8b), while the other six elements each carry a 10-place penalty (Article B8.2.8a), totaling 65 places, which is added to a previous 10-place penalty from Document 37.

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FIA F1 Regulations - Article B8.2.2
B8.2.2 In each Championship, unless a driver drives for more than one (1) Competitor (Article B8.2.7), and subject to the additions described below, each driver may use no more than: a. 3 engines (ICE): an engine, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be all the components respectively listed as “ICE” and “INC” in the “PU Element” and “Sealed Perimeter” Columns in Appendix C4, with the exception of the components considered as PU- ANC below. b. 3 turbochargers (TC): a turbocharger, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be all the components respectively listed as “TC” and “INC” in the “PU Element” and “Sealed Perimeter” Columns in Appendix C4. c. 3 exhaust sets (EXH): an exhaust set, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be all the components respectively listed as “EXH” and “INC” in the “PU Element” and “Sealed Perimeter” Columns in Appendix C4, with the exception of the components considered as PU- ANC below. The four elements constituting an Exhaust set, deemed to be the left-hand primaries, right-hand primaries, left hand secondary, right hand secondary, will be considered separately for the purposes of this Article. d. 2 energy store units (ES) : an energy store, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be all the components listed as “ES” and “INC” in the “PU Element” and “Sealed Perimeter” Columns in Appendix C4. 2026 Form ula 1: Sporting Regulations 27 February 2026 B 0 SECTION B: SPORTING REGULATIONS e. 2 of each control electronics units (PU-CE): a control electronics unit, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be any of the components listed as “PU-CE” and “INC” in the “PU Element” and “Sealed Perimeter” Columns in Appendix C4, with the exception of the components considered as PU-ANC below. f. 2 MGU-K: MGU-K, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be all the components respectively listed as “MGUK” and “INC” in the “PU Element” and “Sealed Perimeter” Columns in Appendix C4. g. 5 of each Power Unit ancillary components (PU-ANC): a Power Unit ancillary component, for the purposes of this Article, will be considered to be any of the components listed as “YES” in the “PU-ANC” column in Appendix C4. B8.2.3 Each driver will be permitted to use an additional unit for each of the Power Unit elements listed in
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FIA F1 Regulations - Article B8.2.8
B8.2.8 Should a driver use more Power Unit elements than the numbers prescribed in Articles B8.2.2, B8.2.3 and B8.2.4 of any one of the elements during a Championship, a grid place penalty will be
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FIA F1 Regulations - Article B8.2.8b Open regulation PDF Pages 66 highlighted
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FIA F1 Regulations - Article B2.5.4
B2.5.4 Grid for the Race Session a. The grid for the Race will be formed in accordance with the results of the Qualifying (Article B2.4.2), the Qualifying classification process (Article B2.4.3) and the procedure defined in this
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