The years follow one another but are not the same for Daniel Ricciardo. Last year, the Australian was the prince of the walls of Montreal, unexpectedly claiming a remarkable and well-deserved victory. Unfortunately, this year, Daniel Ricciardo was anonymous and transparent, significantly outpaced by Daniil Kvyat, who only managed to score two points for ninth place.<\/p>\n
Could the Russian be a more than serious challenger for Daniel Ricciardo? The latter, questioned by *Auto Motor und Sport*, doesn’t believe it for a second: “I’m not a second slower than Kvyat, and I haven’t forgotten how to drive. It was like two years ago, when Vergne was faster than me on this track, and no one could explain it. A year later, I won the race; and this year, I found myself in the situation of 2013.”<\/p>\n
The mystery of his setback in Canada seems very thick. Could it be the chassis? The hypothesis is plausible, but Daniel Ricciardo doesn’t believe it. He will have a new chassis for the next race: “I don’t know what happened, it was one of my worst races. But hey, I can still laugh about it, because it’s clear that an essential element was missing from this car. I don’t think it comes from the chassis, because I never aggressively attacked the curbs or hit the wall\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Helmut Marko has already announced it: the long straights of the Red Bull Ring will not suit the Renault power unit at all. Daniel Ricciardo should therefore be patient before achieving a good result. This is especially true as both he and his teammate might be pushed back ten places on the grid. Renault is indeed considering, according to *Auto Motor und Sport*, installing a fifth different engine (instead of the four allowed) on both cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Distanced by Daniil Kvyat in Canada, the Australian still believes he is much faster than his teammate. He will be able to count on a new chassis in Austria, but could also face a ten-place grid penalty there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":39323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[195,1334],"class_list":["post-13272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-ricciardo","tag-red-bull"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n