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Gearbox issue almost forced Ricciardo into retirement

Christian Horner has revealed that Red Bull feared they would have to retire Daniel Ricciardo's RB13 midway through the Singapore GP, a race he finished second. A sluggish start meant the Aussie avoided the first corner chaos that put his team-mate Max Verstappen out of the race. However, running second behind Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull feared thy were facing a double retirement as Ricciardo's gearbox began to lose pressure. 'Even before the first [safety car], we could see were losing an awful lot of oil pressure in the gearbox, so we were thinking, 'crikey, this is only going to go to half-distance',' team boss Horner explained to Sky Sports. 'So Daniel had instructions to start managing...
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