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Ricciardo closes in on grid penalty with new energy store

Daniel Ricciardo's chances of serving a grid penalty later this season just got stronger with the replacement of the energy store unit on the Aussie's RB14. The Red Bull driver suffered a total electronic failure in Bahrain last weekend which put him out of contention on the second lap of the race. Subsequent analysis by Renault revealed a damaged energy store and the need for a replacement as well as new control electronics. This season, drivers are allowed just two energy stores, with a third automatically triggering a 10-place grid penalty. “We’ve got a second one, if we do it again then we’ve got a penalty,” commented RiccIrado. “Two have to last the year and one, I believe,...
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