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Renault delays introduction of upgraded engine

Renault is to delay introduction of its updated engine until the Brazilian Grand Prix at the earliest now, after deciding with Red Bull not to run it in Austin this weekend. The new specification power unit features a revised combustion chamber and the French car manufacturer believes it will deliver an improvement of 0.2 seconds per lap. But with the benefit of using it being small, the downside of taking a grid penalty to fit it at the United States Grand Prix has been deemed to be too much. Although some thought was given to using it from final practice, the weather conditions, its pace potential and the fact rivals Ferrari having already taken grid penalties mean it prefers to hold fire...
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