📈 Total PU elements in use increased from 402 → 429 (+27, +6.7%)  
  
Breakdown:  
• ICE: +7  
• TC: +7  
• MGU-K: +6  
• PU-ANC: +3  
• EXH: +2  
• ES: +1  
• PU-CE: +1  
  
Driver changes:  
• #Sainz: ICE, TC, EXH, MGU-K  
• #Ocon: ICE, TC, MGU-K, PU-ANC  
• #Bearman: ICE, TC, MGU-K  
• #Gasly: ICE, TC, EXH  
• #Colapinto: ICE, TC, MGU-K  
• #Perez: ICE, TC, MGU-K  
• #Bottas: ICE, TC, MGU-K, PU-ANC  
• #Lindblad: PU-ANC  
• #Stroll: ES, PU-CE  
  
🚨 Grid implications  
• #Stroll: 10-place grid penalty for exceeding the ES & PU-CE allocation. He drops from P21 to P22 (last).  
• #Verstappen reported PU issues in qualifying but didn’t take a new PU, so he keeps his grid position.  
  
⚙️ PU Element Definitions:  
• ICE: Internal Combustion Engine  
• TC: Turbo Charger  
• EX: Exhaust set  
• MGU-K: Motor Generator Unit - Kinetic  
• ES: Energy Store unit  
• PU-CE: Control Electronics unit  
• PU-ANC: Ancillary component  
  
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The 2026 #BritishGP weekend saw 27 new Power Unit elements introduced across the grid 🔧