News Details

Mercedes: Renault behind Red Bull/Lotus surge

Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff believes Renault could be behind Red Bull and Lotus's recent surge in performance. The Austrian suspects that clever engine mapping, throttle control and exhaust flow could be the reason why the two outfits have made significant steps forward at such a late stage in the season. Renault is engine supplier to both teams and could have found a clever engine map to give its customers an advantage, or so Wolff thinks. "I think what you can see is that Red Bull from Singapore onwards looked like having made a big step forward, and then in Korea the Lotus made a big step forward of 0.2-0.4 seconds," he said. "The question we need to look at is...
Full Story »
11y ago from TheF1Times.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Prost denies Lotus to be Renault works F1 team again

Prost denies Lotus to be Renault works F1 team again 12 October, 2013...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Lotus: Hulkenberg is not overweight, he is at the...

Lotus: Hulkenberg is not overweight, he is at the limit, but not...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Lotus open to employing heavier driver in 2014

Nico Hulkenberg is a heavier driver believed to be in the running for a...
11y ago from espnF1.com

Lotus hints Hulkenberg not too heavy for 2014

Nico Hulkenberg's hopes of moving up the grid in 2014 have received a...
11y ago from GrandPrix.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

KTM's survival prospects improve with 900 million...

KTM's survival prospects have taken a positive turn following the news...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar takes over promotion of Nashville event

IndyCar’s Music City Grand Prix will be promoted internally by IndyCar...

Juncos Hollinger shows off new-look livery for 2025...

Juncos Hollinger Racing unveiled a new look for the 2025 NTT IndyCar...

Scott McLaughlin on track to repeat Supercars success...

After spending the last four years moving up the ranks in the NTT IndyCar...

Christian Lundgaard hails ‘pure racing’ aspect of...

Christian Lundgaard is beginning his fourth full season driving in the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Premier League GW23 predictions: Man United to lose...

Sports Mole takes on Lewis White - lead singer of Scottish alt-rock band...
46m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Man United transfer news: Marcus Rashford has 'one...

Manchester United outcast Marcus Rashford reportedly opens the door to...
56m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Mikel Arteta confirms double Arsenal transfer call as...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta reveals whether the Gunners could end Raheem...
46m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.