Tag Archives: Rob White

Renault was not solely to blame for Sebastian Vettel’s problems in Austria last time out. The reigning world champion suffered a momentary loss of drive in the opening stages of ...

Not even halfway through the 2014 season, Renault is having to acknowledge it will not catch up with V6 pacesetters Mercedes. That, according to the French marque’s F1 engine chief ...

Dietrich Mateschitz has played down claims he is set to approve a bespoke engine project to power his formula one team Red Bull from 2016. The rumours have been fuelled ...

Fuel has emerged with a big role to play in F1’s new V6-powered era. Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport said struggling Renault took a 12 horse power step forward last ...

Some Renault-powered F1 drivers could run out of engines later in 2014, the French supplier has admitted. Renault chief Rob White said the French marque’s recovery from its early-season struggle ...

The world of F1 will hear Mercedes’ ‘megaphone’ exhaust for the first time early on Wednesday. The first images of the metre-long, trumpet-like attachment have already emerged, and one of ...

Formula one is pushing ahead with efforts to make its new V6 engines louder. After decades of screaming, naturally-aspirated V12s, V10s and V8s, the markedly lower volume of this year’s ...

F1’s engine manufacturers will focus their attention on the exhaust pipe as they work on spicing up the sound of the turbo V6 engines. Unhappy with the milder noise of ...