Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo has revealed that his engine which failed at Silverstone was an A-spec called ‘Pony’ that had been consigned to practice duties anyway. While the switch to a B-spec internal combustion engine for Saturday running at the British Grand Prix was already planned, Ricciardo will also have to change chassis due to damage he sustained in Friday practice. The Renault driver missed the final quarter-hour of Practice 2 when he pulled off after it sounded as though the engine had cut out through Maggotts/Becketts. Ricciardo, however, was not especially worried by the failure due to the mileage already put on that engine. “I think it’s RIP to that engine, so...
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