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Renault new engine upgrade worth 0.5 second a lap

Renault new engine upgrade worth 0.5 second a lap Renault engine technical director Remi Taffin confirmed that the upgraded new engine could be introduced in Monaco, if it can be ready in time. Taffin has also announced that the new engine will provide a gain of approximately half a second per lap. 'The power unit we have used since the first race in Australia was really a continuation of the work started in the ‘Spec D’ power unit we introduced at the tail end of 2015,' Taffin explained. 'We explored some concepts in that earlier iteration and the 2016 unit took them further, for example, in the turbo. 'This new spec goes even further down the line and also includes significant...
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