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Renault had to pause development for "drastic" upgrade

The Renault Formula 1 team had to effectively pause development for a spell this season because of the scale of change that its Silverstone upgrade required. An update package headlined by a new floor was introduced on Nico Hulkenberg's car for the British Grand Prix. It brought an immediate performance upturn and almost a first top-five finish of 2017 before an ERS problem contributed to Hulkenberg falling to sixth. The team's managing director Cyril Abiteboul admitted that prior to the Silverstone upgrade there had "been a little bit of flat in terms of developments" as other components could not be introduced until after that step was in place. "We knew what we wanted to...
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