Daniel Ricciardo plays down hopes for better RB13 in Barcelona
- Published on 01 May 2017 13:15
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- By: Rik Klein Entink
Daniel Ricciardo has played down hopes that Red Bull's early season struggles might soon be over.
The former champions have admitted that the current performance deficit is due to both the chassis and Renault engine.
So at Milton Keynes, Red Bull is busily working on what is said to be a 'B' spec chassis, set to debut in Barcelona in a fortnight.
"I think the top teams with more resources can obviously improve the most," said Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel ahead of the first European race of the season.
There are rumours of a 1 second per lap boost for the new Red Bull in the simulator, but Ricciardo said he isn't getting excited.
"I think I'll believe it when I'm driving it," said the Australian.
Indeed, it seems likely that the Spanish grand prix - and even the Montreal event two races later - will not be the silver bullet for Red Bull.
Germany's Sport Bild reports that a scheduled big upgrade for the Renault power unit will now not be ready for Canada, for reliability reasons.
The report said the debut has been postponed "indefinitely".
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Login to replycalle.itw
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I dont think there is much reason for Ricciardo to be gloomy yet. The season has hardly even begun. Either way, Canada was never a track the would be good at anyway, so there was little reason for them to look forward to it, with or without new Renault spec.
When was Honda supposed to release their revamped unit? Isnt it supposed to debut in Spain?
boudy
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No need to put pressure on yourself; I can see him moving away from RB in 2018. This is general behaviour of Driver that wants to look a better quality than the car he is driving. Out of choice I would go to Ferrari. Between him and VES there seems to be little in Quali however VES seems to be building on last year in the RACE. From the comments of the SKY guys it look like RB are building the team around him.