Renault is still “about a month” behind its rival F1 engine suppliers.<\/p>\n
That is the admission of the French marque’s Remi Taffin, despite the fact premier partner team Red Bull has taken a big step forwards in Melbourne after a disastrous winter.<\/p>\n
Asked if Renault have been surprised by the superiority of Mercedes and Ferrari with the very same revolutionary rules, he told the French-language news agency AFP: “No, we are not surprised.<\/p>\n
“This (Mercedes and Ferrari’s level) is what we wanted, and what we imagined we would achieve.<\/p>\n
“We’re not there yet, because we’ve had reliability problems and that caused a bit of a delay.\u00a0 We are about a month behind,” said Taffin.<\/p>\n
And Mercedes’ F1 chairman Niki Lauda said no engine supplier is currently giving full power to its customers.<\/p>\n
“Not even Mercedes,” he told Kleine Zeitung newspaper.<\/p>\n
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