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Renault admit they underestimated rivals' turbo-hybrid engine devlopment

Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul admits that his team underestimated the devlopment of the current engines and says they will take bigger risks to try and put this right. It's now Formula One's fifth season using the V6 turbo-hybrids, half a decade of Mercedes dominance and Ferrari recently overtaking Abiteboul's Renault team as they go toe-to-toe with Mercedes. Abiteboul has said that Ferrari's big progress has made Renault now want to be more aggressive with their engine devlopment. "I believe indeed that we underestimated the potential of the current engine regulations, let's put it this way," Abiteboul told Autosport. "We are now four years into this engine regulation...
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