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Late Renault update was 'a tiny spec' of 2016
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Renault Sport F1 director of operations Remi Taffin says the power unit manufacturer's update which it introduced late in the season was "a tiny spec of 2016". After a frustrating season fighting reliability issues, Renault finally introduced an updated power unit at the Brazilian Grand Prix for Red Bull to run. The update only ran on Daniel Ricciardo's car and was seen as slower than the original being run by Daniil Kvyat, but Taffin says it carried very little 2016 technology and helped define Renault's future plans. "Rather than performance for 2015, when we knew that the 2015 power unit was reliable and driveable, we tried to introduce steps for...
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