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Red Bull asked for fierce development from Renault

Renault has revealed it took an unusually-aggressive approach to the 2015 season opener, at works partner Red Bull's behest. Amid Red Bull's disastrous start to the new world championship in Australia, the energy drink-owned team lashed out at Renault for taking a "retrograde" step both in the power and reliability stakes. Now, Renault is hitting back. "We had a last-minute engine development," said Cyril Abiteboul, "in which we bypassed our normal quality and test bench validation processes. "It was these changes that caused the problems in Melbourne, and it is what we are now focusing on at the factory prior to Sepang," he told the French daily L'Equipe....
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