Engine Usage #4 - Catalunya

E# - Number of engines used by driver/team/engine supplier in 2008
Km. - Distance covered in practice/qualifying/race in 2008
Avg. - Average distance per engine in 2008
NENGP - New Engine at Next GP
FCNGP - "Free" engine Change at Next GP

Averages in [] indicate that the driver/team/engine supplier is halfway
through a two-race cycle.

All data from the FIA website and/or FORIX.

C# Driver(s) Engine E# Km. Avg. Next
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3 Nick Heidfeld BMW P86/8 2 1,923 962 NENGP
22 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes FO108V 2 1,829 915 NENGP
8 Kazuki Nakajima Toyota RVX-08 2 1,798 899 NENGP
7 Nico Rosberg Toyota RVX-08 2 1,792 896 NENGP
5 Fernando Alonso Renault RS27 2 1,709 855 NENGP
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda RA808E 2 1,656 828 NENGP
23 Heikki Kovalainen Mercedes FO108V 2 1,617 809 NENGP
18 Takuma Sato Honda RA808E 2 1,548 774 NENGP
21 G Fisichella Ferrari 056 2 1,508 754 NENGP
10 Mark Webber Renault RS27 2 1,495 748 NENGP
16 Jenson Button Honda RA808E 2 1,391 696 NENGP
19 Anthony Davidson Honda RA808E 2 1,145 573 NENGP
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
4 Robert Kubica BMW P86/8 3 1,856 [619]
11 Jarno Trulli Toyota RVX-08 3 1,771 [590]
1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 056 3 1,761 [587]
12 Timo Glock Toyota RVX-08 3 1,610 [537]
9 David Coulthard Renault RS27 3 1,593 [531]
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 056 3 1,556 [519]
6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault RS27 3 1,298 [433] FCNGP
14 Sebastien Bourdais Ferrari 056 3 1,227 [409] FCNGP
20 Adrian Sutil Ferrari 056 3 946 315 NENGP
15 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 056 3 841 [280] FCNGP
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54 33,870 [627]


Team Engine E# Km. Avg.
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Williams Toyota RVX-08 4 3,590 898
McLaren Mercedes FO108V 4 3,446 862
Honda Honda RA808E 4 3,047 762
Super Aguri Honda RA808E 4 2,693 673
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
BMW Sauber BMW P86/8 5 3,779 [756]
Red Bull Renault RS27 5 3,088 [618]
Renault Renault RS27 5 3,007 [601]
Force India Ferrari 056 5 2,454 [491]
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Toyota Toyota RVX-08 6 3,381 [564]
Ferrari Ferrari 056 6 3,317 [553]
Toro Rosso Ferrari 056 6 2,068 [345]
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54 33,870 [627]


Engine E# Km. Avg. Team(s)
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Mercedes FO108V 4 3,446 862 McLaren
BMW P86/8 5 3,779 [756] BMW Sauber
Honda RA808E 8 5,740 718 Honda, Super Aguri
Toyota RVX-08 10 6,971 [697] Toyota, Williams
Renault RS27 10 6,095 [610] Renault, Red Bull
Ferrari 056 17 7,839 [461] Ferrari, Toro Rosso, Force India
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54 33,870 [627]


Forced Engine Changes (Incurring 10-place penalty)
==================================================

Note: For 2008 the penalty is waived for the first such change of the season for
each driver. The waiver will not apply in the last event of the season. Waivers
are indicated below by a * before the car number.

GP Engine C# Team Driver When
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01 AUS Ferrari 056 * 20 Force India A Sutil After Qual

02 MAL Ferrari 056 * 14 Toro Rosso S Bourdais After P3

Number of forced changes
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Ferrari 2 (both penalty free)
Honda 0
BMW 0
Mercedes 0
Renault 0
Toyota 0
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2


'Free' Engine Changes (No penalty - driver failed to finish)
============================================================

GP Engine C# Team Driver
=======================================================
02 MAL Ferrari 056 1 Ferrari K Räikkönen
02 MAL Ferrari 056 2 Ferrari F Massa
02 MAL BMW P86/8 4 BMW Sauber R Kubica
02 MAL Renault RS27 6 Renault N Piquet
02 MAL Renault RS27 9 Red Bull D Coulthard
02 MAL Toyota RVX-08 11 Toyota J Trulli
02 MAL Toyota RVX-08 12 Toyota T Glock

04 ESP Ferrari 056 17 Toro Rosso S Vettel

Number of 'free' changes
========================
Ferrari 3
Renault 2
Toyota 2
BMW 1
Honda 0
Mercedes 0
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8


Gearbox Usage
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Jo Bauer's Technical Report (click on 'Scrutineering Reports' on this page):

"www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press_Information/F1/F1_Press_Information/2008/spain.html"

says that Nelson Piquet, Sebastien Vettel and Jenson Button started the Spanish GP
with new gearboxes. All were 'free' changes because they had failed to finish in
Bahrain.

Timo Glock was penalised (five grid positions) in Melbourne because Toyota
changed his gearbox after P3.

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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn.com