ESPN.com · Nov 9, 2018
Marshal error led to Daniel Ricciardo's Brazil penalty
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Daniel Ricciardo is serving a five-place grid penalty at this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix as a marshal accidentally sprayed fire extinguisher foam up the exhaust of his Red Bull after retiring in Mexico.
Ricciardo is on a rotten run of bad luck at the moment and suffered his eighth retirement of the season in Mexico City two weeks ago, 24 hours after claiming his first pole position since May. The Australian later labelled his car "cursed" and said he was ready to let his 2019 replacement Pierre Gasly drive it for the last two events of the year, comments he clarified ahead of arriving in Brazil this week with a video in Los Angeles.