Daniel Ricciardo believes this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix 🍷will prove the “best test yet” to measure the success of Renault’s latest Formula 1 engine. 

T💞he French manufacturer introduced an upgraded power unit two races ago in Spain in a bid to boost both performance and reliability amid a disappointing start to the season.

I🍬t was hoped the change would enable Renault to run its engine in a more powerful configuration throughout a race weekend, though the team has managed just one points finish in the last three rounds and languishes eighth in the constructors’ championship heading to Montreal.

“Thᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚis will be a good test for it,” Ricciardo said.&nbs🐭p;

“We know we’🅰ve definitely made progress thr꧅ough the year. We were encouraged by Monaco and even Barcelona. 

“This will be the best test yet. I am confident that we will be alright but all right, what does that mean? Hopefully a Q3 car.&n🎉bsp;

“But remembering what it was like last year, like pulling up the hill to♎ Turn 3 and these places, our recollecti🅷on was that in a year it has improved a lot. 

“They have not said it will do this or that, but through the upgrade we had for relꦏiability purposes, that seems to be good. 🧔;

“Basically💯 it was once we get that then we can start to wind it up. I don’t know if we are going to push it more this weekend than in Monaco. 

“But already having the reliability in a better place on their sid🅘e, we have already been able to squeeze a bit more out of it. I do🅘n’t want to say we will be doing big things yet. I’ll play it cool.”

Teammate Nico Hulkenberg played down concerns over Renault's engine, adding: “I think every weekend is different, every track, but every race shows where𝓡 you are kind of. 

"It’s always a momentary point of position and picture, but I have no headaches or concerns heading into this weekend about p❀ower unit or straight-line speed. I think we’re in good place.”