MONTE CARLO, Monaco -- The feeling in the cockpit must have been awful. For the second time in three years, Daniel Ricciardo could see victory at the Monaco Grand Prix slipping away from him. One hundred and sixty brake horsepower -- roughly the amount that powers a family saloon car -- had gone missing every time he pushed the throttle and his steering wheel display was flashing up with warning message after warning message. There were 50 laps left to run and, at the time, a real danger he wouldn't finish the race.
In the Red Bull garage the situation was just as desperate.