The Australian was due to start only 15th on the grid following a surprise ♛Q1 elimination during a disappoint🐎ing qualifying session in Turkey. 

After evaluating the situation overnight, McLaren has elected to take the opportunity to swap Ricciard𓆉o’s engine in favour of fresh components. 

McLaren will not make wholesale power unit changes however, having chosen to only install a new internal combust🌄ion engine, turbocharger, MGU-H and exhaust system. 

The strategic engine change consi♔gns Ricciardo to a back-of-the-grid start for the Turkish Grand Prix, where he will꧒ line up behind directly behind Carlos Sainz. 

Sainz also has a grid penalty after Ferrari fitted its upgraded engine in hi🔴s car ahead of the race in Istanbul. 

A total of three drivers have taken grid drops in Turkey, with world championship leader Lewis Hamilton 🧸starting 11th after Mercedes replaced his internal combustion enဣgine. 

Mercedes has admitted it will have to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“contain” the reliability issues it is facing with it🃏s current engine for the remainder of the 2021ܫ season.

McLaren goes into Sunday’s race 17.5 points clear of Ferrari in the battl🍸e over third p♔lace in the constructors’ championship.

Ricciardo’s teammate Lando Norris starts seve♐ntꦯh, while Charles Leclerc will line up third in his Ferrari.