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Renault aims to beat top F1 teams at "85% capacity"

Renault plans to beat top Formula 1 teams Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull to the world championship with “85% of their capability and resources”, according to team boss Cyril Abiteboul. Renault is engaged in an ongoing redevelopment of its works F1 operation in Enstone, after taking over Lotus at the end of 2015. Personnel numbers and infrastructure have expanded greatly since, with Renault recruiting more than 100 new staff and growing its team towards a target of around 750. Abiteboul says that growth will continue in 2018, but at a further reduced pace, while new executive director Marcin Budkowski, hired controversially from the FIA, will work on refining the team’s structure to...
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