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Ricciardo hands Red Bull warning about Honda

12:44, 17 Feb 2019

byBobby Vincent

Daniel Ricciardo has issued a warning to his former team Red Bull Racing, saying that its new engine supplier Honda has more engine issues than its former provider Renault.

Ricciardo switched to Renault F1 team for the 2019 season despite the Aussie having multiple technical problems with the French manufacturer in his final campaign for Red Bull.

Red Bull have unsurprisingly spoken very optimistically about their hopes that Honda will supply an engine capable of competing for the 2019 constructors' championship, but Ricciardo is unconvinced.

"The more I think about it, the less the risk seems (when compared to) Red Bull," Ricciardo told Motorsport-Total.com. "At Red Bull, you always measure yourself against successes that have been achieved in the past.

"The danger is that you will be disappointed. My impression is that the risk of failing (at Red Bull) was greater than switching here and being at risk of not winning.

"Renault is not there yet in terms of where it wants to go. The team has been catching up (since 2014) and mistakes are likely to continue, but my impression is that these mistakes are being phased out, and my personal feeling tells me: Honda has more problems to solve."