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Speed and sensitivity - Alain Prost on 2014's new turbo era
Four-time world champion Alain Prost is a veteran of F1 racing’s first turbo era back in the 1970s and ‘80s. Following last week’s official launch of Renault’s 2014 engine, the Energy F1-2014, Prost - now a Renault ambassador - looks ahead to the new 1.6-litre, turbocharged V6 engine formula and considers how it will force both team and driver to change their approach…Q: What was the first turbo era like for the drivers? Alain Prost: If you go back to the start of the 1980s, it was all about response time: there was a lag of two to three seconds. We saw turbo engines develop every year, there were improvements between the first turbo engines in 1977 and those...
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