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Renault: Three year wait for a podium

Cyril Abiteboul has downplayed expectations ahead of Renault's first season back as a works team, saying it will take the team three years to reach the podium. Renault purchased the Lotus team in December last season and earlier this week launched an interim livery while also unveiling their 2016 driver line-up of Jolyon Palmer and Kevin Magnussen. Last season, racing under the Lotus moniker, the team scored a surprise podium as former driver Romain Grosjean raced to third place at the Belgian GP. And while a podium would be a fantastic achievement this season, managing director Abiteboul concedes it will take time. 'If you look at Red Bull, it took five years. Mercedes, five years. So why...
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