Hadjar, Lindblad and Colapinto exceed engine allocations before Malaysia race

The FIA’s technical delegate has recorded a seventh internal combustion engine for Isack Hadjar and a fifth each for Arvid Lindblad and Franco Colapinto at the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia. The season allowance is four per driver, so all three have exceeded it.

Lindblad has also taken a fifth turbocharger and a fifth exhaust set, exceeding the four-unit allowance in each category. The FIA’s earlier component record listed four of each for him.

RacingNews365 reports grid penalties for all three drivers and says Lindblad will start from the back. Formule.cz also reports a back-of-grid start for Lindblad. On Colapinto, RacingNews365 reports a new engine-related penalty in addition to an earlier sanction, while Formule.cz mentions a five-place penalty carried over from Azerbaijan.

The FIA documents record component use, not the size of any grid penalties. RacingNews365 describes the engine allowance as five per driver; the FIA records it as four. The drivers’ final starting positions remain to be settled.

Update

Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar has taken his seventh internal combustion engine of the 2026 season, exceeding the permitted allocation of four ahead of the 2–4 October Formula 1 event in Malaysia. An FIA technical delegate’s report also lists a fifth engine for Racing Bulls driver Arvid Lindblad and Alpine’s Franco Colapinto, putting both over the same limit. The report was sent to the stewards.

Lindblad has also taken a fifth turbocharger and fifth exhaust set, each beyond the permitted allocation. RacingNews365 reports the same component changes and calculates grid-place penalties of five for Hadjar as things stand, ten for Colapinto’s engine change and 30 for Lindblad.

RacingNews365 says Colapinto also carries a five-place penalty from Baku, bringing its reported total for him to 15 places. It describes Hadjar’s projected five-place drop as the position for now.