Ricciardo avoids the starting penalty after the crash on Friday

As originally planned, the gearbox was converted to the racing unit used at the Austrian GP last weekend, which means that the Australian does not receive a penalty.

Ricciardo himself was also classified as ready to drive after the action had finally started after the third training session was canceled due to heavy rain.

“After a thorough inspection of the engine, everything seems to be good,” team principal Cyril Abiteboul told Motorsport.com on Saturday morning. “We switched to the racing gear anyway, so don’t worry.”

Abiteboul said Ricciardo was at the limit and that wind conditions played a role in the accident.

“First of all, Daniel is fine,” he said shortly after the meeting. “Although he looks a bit shocked, he is absolutely fine. He has a very small bruise on his leg, but nothing to worry about.

“What happened, I think the car is pushing for a bit more power and I am aware of the fact that the FP2 could be the only dry session we tried to explore a dry setup for a better qualification.

“We had a vehicle balance that was heading for oversteer, and we had a little bit of it, and we had a bit of a tailwind at the exit of corner 9. This is perceived on the fast corners 9/10 and 6/7. The track is a tricky one Track.

“Not all of the drivers have set foot outside so far, but it was one for Daniel that had quite spectacular consequences.”

Abiteboul is not worried about the wet conditions this weekend. “I think we have a decent car, but still a car that lacks a bit of power, especially on a track like this where the corners are very fast. Due to the wetness, the cornering speed has a lower effect. Therefore, we are less exposed to the weaknesses that we still have in our car. “

Abiteboul also said that Ricciardo’s resignation due to overheating in the race last weekend was due to a broken radiator. He is confident that after some urgent work in the UK factory, the problem has been resolved.

“It was a very strange thing that never happened [before]”He noticed.” There was a small crack on the radiator, one of the radiators, which meant that we had a pressure drop and therefore the water temperature in the engine started to rise. And we stopped the car to really protect the engine.

“What we were able to do is the kind of cooler magic that F1 is used to. We sent all the radiators to Enstone, inspected them, X-rayed them, every one of them and sent them back in time – no quarantine for them. We should be doing well in this area. “