Hahaha, this was funny.roon wrote:At least they've maintained one quality from their chamionship-winning years.
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Renault's Cyril Abiteboul has revealed that the French manufacturer aims to continue its ascent in the engine department as the company is preparing a completely new platform, including novel technology that has not yet been seen on the track.
Hahaha, this was funny.roon wrote:At least they've maintained one quality from their chamionship-winning years.
I agree. They were so reliable too in 2016, even more than Mercedes.Ground Effect wrote: ↑26 Aug 2018, 20:48In 2016 Renault made big gains and seemed to be on the right path. But then they made significant changes to the layout for 2017 and have regressed on their rate of development. I wonder if that was a mistake on their part.
Didn't the FIA allow Renualt to update their engine to close the power deficit to others during the engine freeze which in turn gave them a huge advantage with equal or more powers to others while consuming less fuel?
With Renault engineers being hired to tune/calibrate the engines, i doubt it.
It's Taffin not Cyril speaking. So 0.3s could really be true. Problem is Exxon fuel is not optimized for it yet and RBR would need more like >0.5s to catch up.Ground Effect wrote: ↑28 Aug 2018, 18:22Renault Spec C worth 0.3secs around Monza, with right fuel etc etc. Which probably means it won't be worth 0.3secs with Red Bull. No offence, of this was Mercedes, Ferrari and even Honda, I'd believe. But with Renault, you never know
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https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/upgr ... 83/?nrt=54
OK, thanks for pointing that out, Taffin is a better source. Cyril would have probably claimed 0.9secs. I wonder if Red Bull will have another upgrade this year, fuel I meangandharva wrote: ↑28 Aug 2018, 18:56It's Taffin not Cyril speaking. So 0.3s could really be true. Problem is Exxon fuel is not optimized for it yet and RBR would need more like >0.5s to catch up.Ground Effect wrote: ↑28 Aug 2018, 18:22Renault Spec C worth 0.3secs around Monza, with right fuel etc etc. Which probably means it won't be worth 0.3secs with Red Bull. No offence, of this was Mercedes, Ferrari and even Honda, I'd believe. But with Renault, you never know
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https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/upgr ... 83/?nrt=54
Don't think so. I heard the combustion process was improved on this spec. Renault introduced a new turbo spec the race after Nico's turbo failure.
If it is indeed more powerful, I believe Red Bull, who are a safe 3rd would risk taking it because they want to win races.gandharva wrote: ↑28 Aug 2018, 19:43Why not? If it helps for next years Honda development...
My question is more towards the RBR engine change for Monza. Not sure why RBR throws around a million pounds on the car to switch to an engine spec they are not going to use next year. Do they think they can get some knowledge from it to profit next year? If yes, what could you learn from an upgrade on a different engine?