May 25 Cyril Abiteboul says he has put together a "plan" to put Renault back on the right track by the French works team's home race in June. "The start of the season was extremely unfortunate not just for us but for our fans and our sponsors," he told Auto Hebdo. "At the height of this disappointment, there is a plan of action." Abiteboul, the team boss, said he was horrified early this season to discover that the connecting rod or 'conrod' design in the engine was flawed. He says that is now fixed, even though initially it had "disastrous consequences" for some time. "We had to reduce the performance of the engine while we waited for the...
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