LeClerc will use his 3rd power unit and 4th Turbo so will get a 10-place grid penalty.
If RBR keeps their car in 1 piece that should be another win for them in the bag and increasing the gap.

When drivers qualfying in 16th have 43 positions worth of grid penalties it makes the sport look like a joke.

9 rounds into a 22/23 round season and we are seeing grid penalties for changed components, what a fucking joke

Giving them restricted numbers of components, doesn't actually save money, that's the dumb part.

If anything, it means they have to build and test more of these components on dynanometers and in test labs to ensure their long term reliability. Plus they can build 100 turbos a year, nothing stopping them, only have to use 3-4 or whatever it is in a season.

I dunno, as mere viewer, the idea of more races with the fastest cars having to start down the order and fight their way through appeals to me, better this way than them actually going with reversed grids

Just waiting for the magic day when the top 4 in the championship all have various grid penalties and it's a proper fight through the field for all of them

I'd actually go for a reversed-grid non-championship race, just to see what happens. A couple of practices and line them up based of championship finishing positions.

Agreed, but only if it's a "multi-class" race with everyone on track. Cars relative speed is reasonable and track is big. Can't be more risky than what IMSA did at Lime Rock.

Edit: no wait, it seems that IMSA does not race multi-class with prototypes at Lime Rock, that would be insane. I've seen it in sim racing only. Leaving it there for posterity