Engine usage after two events (Sepang)

Engine usage after two events (Sepang)

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.

C# Driver(s) Engine E# Km. Avg. Next
==================================================================
3 Nick Heidfeld BMW P86/8 1 959 959 NENGP
22 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes FO108V 1 938 938 NENGP
7 Nico Rosberg Toyota RVX-08 1 924 924 NENGP
5 Fernando Alonso Renault RS27 1 922 922 NENGP
23 Heikki Kovalainen Mercedes FO108V 1 921 921 NENGP
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda RA808E 1 893 893 NENGP
8 Kazuki Nakajima Toyota RVX-08 1 876 876 NENGP
18 Takuma Sato Honda RA808E 1 713 713 NENGP
16 Jenson Button Honda RA808E 1 663 663 NENGP
10 Mark Webber Renault RS27 1 631 631 NENGP
21 G Fisichella Ferrari 056 1 614 614 NENGP
15 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 056 1 578 578 NENGP
19 Anthony Davidson Honda RA808E 1 548 548 NENGP
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
4 Robert Kubica BMW P86/8 2 911 [456]
1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 056 2 863 [432]
9 David Coulthard Renault RS27 2 773 [387]
11 Jarno Trulli Toyota RVX-08 2 770 [385]
6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault RS27 2 719 [360]
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 056 2 672 [336] FCNGP
12 Timo Glock Toyota RVX-08 2 630 [315] FCNGP
14 Sebastien Bourdais Ferrari 056 2 561 [281] FCNGP
20 Adrian Sutil Ferrari 056 2 384 192 NENGP
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31 16,463 [531]


Team Engine E# Km. Avg.
==================================================
McLaren Mercedes FO108V 2 1,859 930
Williams Toyota RVX-08 2 1,800 900
Honda Honda RA808E 2 1,556 778
Super Aguri Honda RA808E 2 1,261 631
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
BMW Sauber BMW P86/8 3 1,870 [623]
Renault Renault RS27 3 1,641 [547]
Red Bull Renault RS27 3 1,404 [468]
Toro Rosso Ferrari 056 3 1,139 [380]
Force India Ferrari 056 3 998 333
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Ferrari Ferrari 056 4 1,535 [384]
Toyota Toyota RVX-08 4 1,400 [350]
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31 16,463 [531]


Engine E# Km. Avg. Team(s)
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Mercedes FO108V 2 1,859 930 McLaren
Honda RA808E 4 2,817 704 Honda, Super Aguri
BMW P86/8 3 1,870 623 BMW Sauber
Toyota RVX-08 6 3,200 533 Toyota, Williams
Renault RS27 6 3,045 508 Renault, Red Bull
Ferrari 056 10 3,672 367 Ferrari, Toro Rosso, Force India
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31 16,463 [531]


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

Note: For 2008 the penalty is waived for the first such change in 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
====================================================================
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
========================
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

Number of 'free' changes
========================
Ferrari 2
Renault 2
Toyota 2
BMW 1
Honda 0
Mercedes 0
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7


Gearbox Usage
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I'm not sure if it's worth including gearbox changes or not? For the record,
Jo Bauer's Technical Report says that ten drivers started in Malaysia with
new gearboxes, all were 'free' because they had failed to finish in
Melbourne.

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

Räikkönen, Massa, Coulthard, Trulli, Glock, Bourdais, Button, Sato, Davidson
& Fisichella all changed gearbox ready for Sepang.


Most data from the FIA website and/or FORIX.

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