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Ricciardo: Having Mercedes power might be "scary"

Daniel Ricciardo has joked that it would be "scary" to have the amount of engine power the Mercedes Formula 1 team has with its qualifying engine modes The Renault-powered Red Bulls of Ricciardo and Max Verstappen were 0.2-0.3 seconds off the pace set by Lewis Hamilton in the second segment of qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix, but in Q3 they were 0.9-1.0s off the pace – a deficit that the team has frequently put down to Mercedes having special engine modes for the final part of qualifying in the V6 turbo hybrid era. "Q2 we all looked pretty close, even to the leaders, but then in Q3 they all turned it up," Ricciardo told reporters on Saturday. "They've got...
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