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Renault C-spec engine still ‘over a second off'

Despite a new C-spec engine upgrade in Monza, Red Bull believe the improved Renault engine is still much slower than Ferrari and Mercedes. Max Verstappen could only manage a P5 slot on the grid for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix, qualifying 1.496s off the leading pace of Kimi Raikkonen. The new power unit was fitted to the Dutchman’s RB14 overnight to allow him to run it on Saturday with no penalty. 'It’s a little bit faster than the old one, so in that way it is positive, but it’s of course still not enough,' Verstappen said after qualifying. 'Maybe in Q3 it [the gap to the front] was a little bit bigger than in Q2, but in Q3 I was also the first one out in my final...
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