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No McLaren impact on Renault engine design for two years

Renault Sport F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul says new partner McLaren will eventually impact its engine design, but likely not in the first two years of its collaboration. Many believe part of Honda's failure to deliver a competitive and reliable package to McLaren was rooted in the specific design constraints imposed on the Japanese manufacturer by the Woking-based oufit's engineers. As a Renault customer however, McLaren was required to adapt its 2018 MCL33 chassis to the specifics of its new partner's V6 hybrid unit. According to Abiteboul, McLaren likely won't influence its engine design until 2020, the final year of the team's three-year deal with Renault. "It's a bit complex,"...
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