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Only Max has the Renault update

Only Max Verstappen is running Renault's updated engine at this weekend's Singapore GP; that's according to managing director Cyril Abiteboul. Verstappen set the pace in Friday's opening practice session at the Marina Bay circuit, edging his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo by 0.049s. It was initially thought that both Red Bull racers were running the latest engine upgrade, only for Abiteboul to reveal that it is just Verstappen – even Renault's works drivers don't have it. He told Autosport: 'There is no tactic, no strategy, no preference. 'We like Max, but it is just the natural way of managing the engine pool. 'This weekend it was the plan to introduce a new engine for Max, so he is the...
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