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Pilbeam leaves McLaren for Renault as Enstone expansion continues
Renault Sport has confirmed the latest changes to its personnel line-up, with company veteran Rob White moving from Viry to the UK as operations director and Ciaron Pilbeam returning to Enstone as chief race engineer. Pilbeam, who has worked at BAR, Red Bull, Lotus and most recently McLaren, is part of a 20% expansion in the overall headcount. “2016 was always about laying the foundations for the future as we are committed to Formula 1 for the long haul,” said Renault Sport boss Cyril Abiteboul. “Our 2016 car, the R.S.16, was conceived in an unbelievably short time frame – literally a couple of weeks – so our focus for this year has been on expansion of headcount and...
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