By Adam Mccleery For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 02:33 GMT, 20 February 2019 | Updated: 03:02 GMT, 20 February 2019
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Australian Formula One star Daniel Ricciardo has had a nightmare start to the season after his Drag Reduction System failed during morning testing on Tuesday in Barcelona.
Ricciardo, 29, who left the Red Bull team to join Renault in 2019, was completing a test lap when the rear wing of his new car suddenly blew off near the first corner as he was travelling roughly 300km/h.
Ricciardo was posting scattered times, recording the slowest time on the first test day, but also posting the second fastest lap on the second day.
Australian Formula One star Daniel Ricciardo has had a nightmare start to the season with a new team after his Drag Reduction System failed during morning testing (pictured)
Ricciardo, 29, (pictured) left the Red Bull team to join Renault in 2019 and said he was optimistic with the performance of the new car before the rear wing suddenly blew off
While trying to better his times on day two of testing, cameras caught the moment Ricciardo's Renault lost its DRS as he came over a rise in the track.
'It was a shorter day than
