Renault has unveiled its vision of how a Formula 1 car could look in 10 years' time – with it adamant that the sport should have a greater focus on drivers. The French car manufacturer used the Shanghai motorshow to unveil its concept R.S. 2027 – a 600kg closed-cockpit car that produces 1340hp to deliver a power-to-weight ratio never seen before in the sport. A four-wheel drive car, with four-wheel steering, it would be powered by a small internal combustion engine, but will be boosted by larger battery systems that are almost five times as powerful as those currently used in F1. Renault believes that, despite road car technology being set to advance greatly in the next few years, it is...
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