News Details

Jerez problems 'unacceptable' - Renault

February 1st, 2014 (F1plus/J Leslie).- Rob White, deputy managing director (technical) at Renault Sport F1, says the issues with the French supplier's V6 Turbo power-units have been unacceptable. Toro Rosso, Caterham and Red Bull Racing all lost crucial track time at the Spanish circuit due to mechanical gremlins with the new engine and ERS system. Renault-powered teams only completed 151 laps over the course of the four days, in comparison to 875 for Mercedes and 444 for Ferrari. For more stats and facts from the test, go here. "We have not run enough laps, and when we have they have not been run at an acceptable performance level," White said. "The underlying causes are...
Full Story »
11y ago from F1Plus.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Power-unit problem costs Caterham track time

Caterham F1 Team reserve driver Robin Frijns completed just 10 laps of...
11y ago from RichlandF1.com

Toro Rosso STR9 launch analysis

Toro Rosso have undergone one of the most important changes a team can go...
11y ago from F1Technical.net

Renault issue restricts Jerez running

Sebastian Vettel managed only eight laps. Red Bull/Getty Images Renault's...
11y ago from F1Zone.net

Renault hints at cooling problems for Red Bull

Renault have admitted that they have discovered a fundamental issue with...
11y ago from TheF1Times.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Motorsport Week's Top 10 MotoGP riders of 2025

The 2025 MotoGP season had it all. With 22 rounds and 44 races, the...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal fan Anne Hathaway shares cheeky 'Owen goal'...

Arsenal fan Anne Hathaway shared a social media message referencing...
43m ago from SportsKeeda.com

'He's maybe one we should have tried to grab' - Steven...

Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard believs the club made a mistake by not...
43m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 673 – 28.12.2025

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
4h ago from Arseblog.com

Arsenal 2-1 Brighton: Gunners go back on top after...

Match report – Player ratings – Arteta reaction – Video...
8h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.