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Renault could quit F1 over 'Satellite teams'
The season hasn't even begun, and yet already Renault is threatening to walk away from F1. The French team, which only returned to the sport as a constructor in 2016 having previously walked away (again) in the wake of Crash-gate, is concerned at the increasing use of B-teams, or what Cyril Abiteboul terms Satellite teams. Citing Mercedes and Ferrari, Abiteboul claims that the use of second teams is not only driving up costs but is making fair competition impossible, creating a 'different universe' within the sport. 'We now have the operation we decided to have,' he tells Auto Motor und Sport referring to the rebuild programmes in terms of facilities and staffing levels following Renault's...
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