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2017 Renault based on 2015 car

Renault are using their 2015 car as the base for next year's challenger; that's according to team principal Frederic Vasseur. Renault have had a trying first season back in Formula 1 as a full works team with just one top-ten result in 12 grands prix. The team is languishing down in ninth place in the standings, well off the pace of Red Bull Racing who use the same engine. Vasseur, though, is hopeful for 2017 and the new regulations 'Yes, we do consider 2017 a good opportunity for us,' he told the official F1 website. 'Right now we are using a 2015-designed car that was built around a Mercedes engine, so when switching to a Renault engine we suffered from the very beginning. 'It is a fact...
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