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Hulkenberg: Renault qualy-mode not earth shattering

Before the Austrian Grand Prix weekend Renault F1 chief Cyril Abiteboul talked up a ‘qualifying-mode' that was allegedly activated in the current spec power units, but when their drivers ‘pushed the button' there was nothing there. Both Renault works driver – Carlos Sainz and Nico Hulkenberg – who qualified ninth and tenth respectively hardly felt the impact of the supposed 20 bhp boost that Abiteboul boasted about. Hulkenberg told reporters afterwards, 'You don't notice a bit more performance. Something more significant needs to happen, so that it can be noticed.' 'I don't even know what you're thinking, or what you've been told, what we've got. That's not...
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