Honda Racing F1 - ECU | The F1 Power Unit Explained (VIDEO)

Honda Racing F1 - Greg Foot and Jimmy De Ville demonstrate how the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) works and explain how it controls all components of an F1 power unit by using an ECU board and a go-kart. Supplied by McLaren to all F1 teams, the ECU checks over 10,000 things a million times every second. It’s important in making sure drivers have the right amount of power at the right time throughout a race and enables the whole power unit to achieve energy efficiencies of up to 40 MJ per lap.

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2026 F1 Championship Standings (as of May 2)

P	Driver	Team	Points
1	Andrea Antonelli	Mercedes	75
2	George Russell	Mercedes	68
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	55
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	43
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	33
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	28
7	Oliver Bearman	Haas	17
8	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	16
9	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	16
10	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	10
11	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	4
12	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	4
13	Carlos Sainz	Williams	2
14	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	2
15	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	1
16	Esteban Ocon	Haas	1
17	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	0
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	0
19	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	0
20	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	0
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	0
22	Alexander Albon	Williams	0

P	Team	Points
1	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	143
Poles: 4 Sprint wins: 1 GP wins: 3
2	Scuderia Ferrari HP	98
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
3	McLaren Mastercard F1 Team	61
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 1 GP wins: 0
4	Oracle Red Bull Racing	20
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
5	TGR Haas F1 Team	18
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
6	BWT Alpine F1 Team	17
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
7	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls	14
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
8	Audi Revolut F1 Team	2
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
9	Atlassian Williams F1 Team	2
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
10	Cadillac F1 Team	0
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
11	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	0
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0

2026 MotoGP Championship Standings (as of April 26)

P	Rider	Team	Points
1	Marco Bezzecchi	Aprilia Racing	101
2	Jorge Martin	Aprilia Racing	90
3	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Pertamina Enduro VR46	71
4	Pedro Acosta	Red Bull KTM	66
5	Marc Marquez	Ducati Lenovo	57
6	Raul Fernandez	Trackhouse Racing	54
7	Alex Marquez	Gresini Racing	53
8	Ai Ogura	Trackhouse Racing	48
9	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo	34
10	Enea Bastianini	KTM Tech3	30
11	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM	28
12	Luca Marini	Honda HRC Castrol	27
13	Franco Morbidelli	Pertamina Enduro VR46	25
14	Johann Zarco	Castrol Honda LCR	24
15	Fermin Aldeguer	Gresini Racing	20
16	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha	11
17	Diogo Moreira	Pro Honda LCR	9
18	Joan Mir	Honda HRC Castrol	4
19	Alex Rins	Monster Energy Yamaha	3
20	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pramac Racing	1
21	Maverick Viñales	KTM Tech3	0
22	Jack Miller	Pramac Racing	0
23	Michele Pirro	Gresini Racing	0
24	Augusto Fernandez	Yamaha Factory Racing	0
25	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing	0

P	Team	Points
1	Aprilia Racing	191
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 1 GP wins: 3
2	Trackhouse MotoGP Team	102
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
3	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	96
Poles: 2 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
4	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	94
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 1 GP wins: 0
5	Ducati Lenovo Team	91
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 2 GP wins: 0
6	BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP	73
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 1
7	Honda LCR MotoGP	33
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
8	Honda HRC Castrol	31
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
9	Red Bull KTM Tech3	30
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
10	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	14
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
11	Prima Pramac Racing	1
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0