60-place grid penalty for Bortoleto for power unit element usage

Doc 35 - Infringement - Car 5 - Additional changes to PU elements

2026 United States Grand Prix

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Summary

Gabriel Bortoleto has been handed a 60-place grid penalty for exceeding the season's power unit element allocation.

Explanation

The stewards imposed a 60-place grid penalty on Gabriel Bortoleto for exceeding the permitted number of Power Unit (PU) elements. The penalty is based on the use of multiple additional elements: the Energy Store and Control Electronics Unit each incur a 5-place penalty under Article B8.2.8b, while the Engine, Turbocharger, Exhaust Set, MGU-K, and Power Unit Ancillary Component each incur a 10-place penalty under Article B8.2.8a. The penalty applies to the next race in which the driver participates.

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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 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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