News Details

Renault 2016 F1 engine much improved thanks to Ilmor

  Renault tripped themselves up this year in the rush to improve their troubled Formula One power unit but 2016 should be much better with the added assistance of Ilmor engineering, operations director Remi Taffin said on Wednesday. Reviewing the French engine manufacturer's season, their last before returning as a constructor after taking over Lotus, Taffin said the first test of 2015 had revealed the extent of the problems. 'We genuinely thought we had done a good job,' he told the Renault Sport F1 website. 'It was the case in certain areas, but we were caught out in three principal ways.' Taffin listed them as a significant reliability problem with the pistons, a malfunctioning...
Full Story »
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Renault confident it learned from "cocktail of...

Renault is bullish that lessons learned from the 'cocktail' of problems it...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Renault: ‘We pulled the rug out from under our own...

 XPB Images Renault Sport F1’s Remi Taffin says the French...
8y ago from F1i.com

Renault has learned its lesson from 2015

Whilst we await news of its return as a constructor, having agreed a deal...
8y ago from Pitpass.com

Renault pins 2015 woes on 'three areas'

– Renault endured a troubled 2015 season by making mistakes in...
8y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Toprak Razgatlioglu's manager: ‘2026 MotoGP is...

Toprak Razgatlioglu's manager Kenan Sofuoglu has revealed the Turkish...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Honda set to announce Castrol MotoGP partnership from...

The Honda MotoGP factory works team has reportedly agreed on a new...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kuldar Sikk recovering from broken spine at Central...

Kuldar Sikk broke his spine and underwent emergency surgery after an...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Liverpool 'receive injury update' on Diogo Jota ahead...

Liverpool attacker Diogo Jota is reportedly expected to be unavailable for...
4h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal transfer news: Gunners add Premier League...

Arsenal are reportedly considering a move to sign Aston Villa striker Jhon...
3h 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.