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Renault to be more "draconian" in engine quality control
Renault will focus on strict quality control of parts for its 2018 Formula 1 engine, as it bids to fix the unreliability that blighted its 2017 campaign. Renault-powered teams collected 320 engine-related grid penalties in 2017, with Red Bull boss Christian Horner describing his team's reliability as its worst since 2006, while Toro Rosso publicly fell out with Renault over persistent engine problems. The Renault works team calculated it lost 45 points and fifth place in the constructors' championship to unreliability of its own, but team boss Cyril Abiteboul said retaining the same engine architecture for 2018 while being "much more draconian" when signing off new parts would...
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