Daniel Ricciardo concedes he’s already bracing for engine grid penalties during the 2018 Formula 1 season with Red Bull given the tighter rules on component usage this year. For 2018 each F1 driver is limited to up to three each of the internal combustion engines, heat motor generator units and turbochargers plus only two each of the kinetic motor generator units, energy stores and control electronics for the whole season before having to take grid drop penalties for extra components. With a number of drivers heavily exceeding the permitted power unit component units last year many fear a similar story in 2018 with focus on the Renault and Honda-powered cars due to previous reliability...
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