Engines - who has how many left? 01 Oct 2009
Each driver may use a maximum of eight engines this season. Anything beyond that and they get a ten-place grid penalty per additional engine. With just three races remaining, most drivers are getting near the end of their allocation - and one has already exceeded it - meaning reliability will play an increasingly important role as the 2009 campaign approaches its finale.
Below is a list of how many new engines each driver has used thus far. If you drive a Renault or a Toro Rosso, then things are looking pretty rosy. If your name is Vettel or Kubica, however, then you are probably slightly worried. The one unknown, of course, is how many of each driver’s used engines is still useable - and how much life each has left in it…
McLaren-Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton - 7
Heikki Kovalainen - 7
Ferrari
Giancarlo Fisichella - 7
Kimi Raikkonen - 7
BMW Sauber
Robert Kubica - 8
Nick Heidfeld - 9
Renault
Fernando Alonso - 6
Romain Grosjean - 6
Toyota
Jarno Trulli - 7
Timo Glock - 7
STR-Ferrari
Jaime Alguersuari - 6
Sebastien Buemi - 6
RBR-Renault
Mark Webber - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 8
Williams-Toyota
Nico Rosberg - 7
Kazuki Nakajima - 7
Force India-Mercedes
Adrian Sutil - 7
Vitantonio Liuzzi - 7
Brawn-Mercedes
Jenson Button - 7
Rubens Barrichello - 7
