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Renault eyeing Illien's input to make gains in 2016

Renault are set to employ the services of Mario Illien, which would see the Swiss engineer working on concepts to greatly improve their power unit ahead of the 2016 season. Illien was earlier drafted in by Renault customer Red Bull to help with development, but the French manufacturer rejected his development path to instead go with its own. That failed to deliver a major step forward - not even a tenth according to Red Bull - when it was debuted at the Brazilian Grand Prix last weekend. Therefore Renault may have finally decided that outside help may be the only way forward if they're to catch up to Ferrari and Mercedes next season, particularly as they will likely have their own...
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