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Daniel Ricciardo's turbo failure caused by marshal error
Daniel Ricciardo has been forced to take on a new turbocharger for this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix and will therefore start five places lower than he qualifies thanks to a grid penalty. However the cause of the turbo failure was not down to reliability, but a marshal error according to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner. Ricciardo was forced to stop his car during the Mexican race and, although it wasn't on fire, smoke was seen coming from the engine which resulted in a marshal pulling out his fire extinguisher where he proceeded to douse the car. According to Horner, the extinguisher foam was sprayed inside the exhaust where it solidified inside the turbo,...
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