Daniel Ricciardo says he’d just come to terms with his retirement from the Mexican Grand Prix when he received a phone call telling him he would have to take a grid penalty this weekend.
“I got a phone call last week notifying me of what happened when we broke down in Mexico,” Daniel Ricciardo said.
Ricciardo will take a five-place grid penalty this weekend but he said he was encouraged by his car’s pace over a race stint.
“The penalty doesn’t help but the pace this afternoon was better,” Daniel Ricciardo said.

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