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Renault's Abiteboul against F1 and Formula E 'convergence'
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Renault Sport F1 managing director Cyril Abiteboul believes that Formula 1 and Formula E must remain distinct in their identities. When it ushered in the era of the hybrid power unit in 2015, Formula 1's aspiration was to incorporate a semblance of road car relevance. But the natural development of such a philosophy could lead the pinnacle of motorsport to adopt an electric engine, a technology at the forefront of the burgeoning Formula E series' ambitions. Abiteboul believes the categories must remain distinct on the technical level however, or the risk could emerge of one or the other becoming obsolete. "It is a very difficult balancing exercise and you need to look at F1,...
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