Max Verstappen will run with an updated Renault power unit today in Austin and Daniel Ricciardo apparently knew nothing about it! Renault is gradually adding 2018 parts to its units but with only three updated engines available, the works outfit and its two customer teams have received one updated unit each. Red Bull has elected to give the improved unit, worth about two tenths of a second, to Max Verstappen, an advantage he will likely keep until the end of the 2017 campaign. But when queried on the subject, Daniel Ricciardo said it was all news to him. Ricciardo gets a clear warning from Christian Horner "We had different engine specs? I had no idea. Seriously… I didn’t know....
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