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Renault Going ‘Draconian’ with 2018 Quality Control – Abiteboul
Cyril Abiteboul insists Renault Sport are going to be stricter in 2018 with its quality control in order to prevent a repeat of the reliability issues that blighted the 2017 season, particularly towards the end of the year. Between the works Renault Sport Formula 1 Team, and customer teams Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso, there were a total of 320 engine-related grid penalties in 2017, and with a reduction from four to three power units in 2018 and an increase from twenty to twenty-one races, the need for reliability will be so much greater this season. Such was the problem that Brendon Hartley was handed grid penalties in all four of his race starts with Toro Rosso, while Renault...
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