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Ricciardo gets upgraded Renault engine for Spain

Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg are set to race with upgraded Renault power units in this weekend's Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix. Four races into the current season, the Anglo-French team languishes in seventh in the constructors' championship, with a pair of seventh place finishes its best result thus far. Its poor start to the year has been highlighted by five retirements in eight starts. Though not officially dubbed a ‘spec two' unit, the revisions to the power unit allegedly allow Ricciardo and Hulkenberg to run in higher power modes for longer. “It is mainly for reliability,' Ricciardo said of what the upgraded is expected to deliver. 'I don’t know how...
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