News Details

Australian GP: Preview - Renault

Renault's trackside team has increased by one person per team this year. Instead of 7 people per Renault-powered team there will now be 8: one engineer, technician, electronics technician and performance engineer per car.The turbocharger is capable of rotating at speeds of 100,000rpm - that's 1,500 rotations per second.The MGU-H is also capable of very high rotational speeds as it is coupled to the turbocharger.The MGU-K is crucial for performance. Whilst in 2013 a failure of KERS would cost about 0.3s per lap at about half the races, the consequences of a MGU-K failure in 2014 would be far more serious, leaving the car propelled only by the internal combustion engine and effectively...
Full Story »
12y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Renault recovery 'on track' - Taffin

This was an all too familiar sight for Renault teams in pre-season...
12y ago from espnF1.com

Australian Grand Prix: Renault preview Melbourne

Australian Grand Prix: Renault preview Melbourne 11 March, 2014 Renault...
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Renault 'on course' with recovery plan

– Renault says its 2014 recovery plan remains "on course"...
12y ago from GPUpdate.net

Australian Grand Prix: Renault previews Melbourne

Australian Grand Prix: Renault previews Melbourne 11 March, 2014 Renault...
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Long Beach – Qualifying Results

A slightly modified format was in play for IndyCar’s Long Beach...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Felix Rosenqvist secures IndyCar pole at Long Beach

25 cars rolled out on the historic Long Beach street circuit Saturday...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal eye versatile 60 million star to solve flank...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Juventus defender Andrea Cambiaso at...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

European giants eyeing up summer move for Arsenal star...

Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) are reportedly interested in...
6h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Sources: Arsenal and Chelsea could submit 'creative...

Lucas Bergvall is being linked with a move away from Tottenham Hotspur at...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

*gulp*

Morning everyone. I was at a party last night and, understandably, a lot...
6h 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.