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Renault engine picture now clear - Taffin
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Renault's F1 power unit is now running on full song and its performance at the recent Italian Grand Prix offered ample validation of the engine's progress year-to-date, according to technical director Remi Taffin. The engine, whose performance and reliability was so decried 12 months ago, has drastically improved in 2016 with just a 1.254s gap between Lewis Hamilton's pole at Monza and the best Renault-powered car, compared to 2.249s in 2015. "We had a trouble free weekend, so the clear picture of the engine is there," Taffin explained to Autosport. "We know Mercedes is in front and that Ferrari is too, but we saw in the race, there is no problem getting past another...
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