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Renault got start of 'power unit' era wrong - Abiteboul

Aug.28 Cyril Abiteboul has admitted that Renault messed up its start to the current 'power unit' era. The French marque is still recovering, but now with its works team, a big step was made over the last winter period. Daniel Ricciardo is at the wheel in 2019 and a key focus is on improving the chassis, which is designed at Enstone. Back in 2014, though, for the start of the current turbo V6 era, Renault only supplied engines. It had four clients: the two Red Bull teams, Lotus and Caterham. Then, Frenchman Abiteboul was the boss at Caterham, having quit Renault to join the green-coloured Formula 1 team. "At the start of 2014, one error followed another," he is quoted by the...
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