Ricciardo running older power unit than Verstappen

Daniel Ricciardo will be gunning for race victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix with an older power unit than teammate Max Verstappen will be using. The Aussie took a grid penalty last weekend in Germany for this race but suffered a problem during the race meaning he will revert to an older unit.

Despite planning to take extra parts at the German Grand Prix due to the fact he would already be starting at the back of the grid, Renault denied Red Bull's request for a fresh power unit citing the fact that Ricciardo had enough remaining mileage on his current engine that meant the early introduction of the spec-C Renault power unit was not required.

It means that the Red Bull man will be forced to run the spec-A engine that he used during his Monaco victory back in May, putting him at a disadvantage to teammate Verstappen who has full use of spec-B still.

Speaking to Autosport, Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul said he had no regrets over the decision.

"At the moment that we had to make a decision there was absolutely no reason to introduce a new engine.

"Then we had that failure, and we have stripped that engine down, inspected the part, and it's the first time that we've had a failure related to that part.

"It may be a defect coming from the supplier, but it's still not totally confirmed at this point of time. But that was something out of nowhere.

"So I continue to say that with the information we had at the time, we made the right decision."