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Renault: Engine tokens don t necessarily bring gains

Renault Sport F1's managing director Cyril Abiteboul says the French manufacturer has revised its token spending strategy and the shift in focus should be on pulling out the most from power unit performance. Having returned to F1 as a fully-fledged team after taking control of Lotus this year, Renault has analysed its mistakes from the previous two seasons as an engine supplier since the tokens were introduced and is concentrating on performance gains rather than spending engine tokens to unlock improvements. As a result, it was confirmed during the build-up to the season-opening Australian Grand Prix that Renault had spent the fewest number of tokens (7 out of 32) and is looking to make...
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