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Daniel Ricciardo avoids grid penalty; All six Renault cars take upgrade

Daniel Ricciardo will avoid a grid penalty for the Canadian Grand Prix after Red Bull installed an old MGU-K unit; meanwhile all Renault-powered cars have taken on a new engine for this weekend's race. It was believed Ricciardo would take a penalty after chief designer Adrian Newey said it was a certainty as the MGU-K used in Monaco, which failed, was beyond repair, but the Australian has gone back to an old unit used at the Chinese GP and will therefore avoid a grid drop. Christian Horner said there was no immediate concern over re-using an older unit and was the team's only option to avoid a penalty. 'No more worried than normal to be honest,' he told Sky Sports F1....
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