The Red Bull crew were universally praised for getting Daniel Ricciardo into qualifying less than two hours after the Renault engine went up in smoke during FP3 during the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, but behind the scenes, it was not all plain sailing. While praising the remarkable work by his team, Red Bull team chief Christian Horner suggested at the time that Renault's spares bin was lacking, 'They took only an hour to get an engine that wasn't fully dressed, to get that turned around and on the car and get it out of the garage with just 45 seconds prior to the cut off.' But Renault chief Cyril Abiteboul insisted, 'No, there is absolutely no shortage.' 'No, no, no. We are just making...
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