![]() ![]() Feel the power and the glory of Grand Prix racing now via Grand Prix Tours’ Pick 8 competition.Īll contents copyright © 2022, Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. RACER’s Formula 1 coverage is presented by Grand Prix Tours. But for us, we see that, overall, as an opportunity.” Let me be honest, the big teams will remain the big teams and ahead. We see that as an opportunity to accelerate the catch up of the midfield, and also accelerate the reduction of the deficit to the bigger teams. It’s a reset, everyone had to start from a clean sheet of paper, it has allowed us to adapt our investment with what we did with the regulations. “As far as we are concerned of where we stand in our journey in Formula 1, in our mid-term plan, we definitely see that as a positive. “But frankly, yes, it looks very positive news for us and for Formula 1, and if things are good for Formula 1 then it’s good at the end of the day for all of its teams, including ourselves. “We will know for sure in Melbourne, we need to remain a bit patient,” Abiteboul said of whether Renault can catch up in 2017. While warning a number of the parts on the launch car will have changed by pre-season testing, managing director Cyril Abiteboul believes the new regulations have provided the team with an opportunity to close the gap to the front-runners quicker than would have been possible with stability in the rules. The RS17 is Renault’s first car to be fully developed by the French manufacturer, with last year’s chassis being hastily adapted to take a Renault power unit following its takeover of Lotus in December 2015. The car features a predominantly yellow and black livery, which is somewhat of a hybrid of the all-black testing livery run in 2016 before the team opted for a yellow car throughout the season, There is also branding from new partners BP and Castrol, with Renault changing fuel and lubricant supplier this year. Fifth position in the Constructors’ Championship is our goal.” We want to take a definite, tangible step forward in performance and results. “For 2017, our performance targets are clear. “The RS17 is the first car which Enstone and Viry have been able to plan and develop from the outset and we’re satisfied by the fruits of this interaction,” said Renault Sport president Jerome Stoll, who added that the team expects a significant improvement on the results of its first season back as an official constructor, in which it finished ninth: The F1 W08's hybrid powertrain reamins a 1.6-litre turbocharged V6 engine mated to a hybrid electric system, but incremental improvements will undoubtedly have been made compared to the drivetrain of last year's F1 W07.Renault became the third team to show its 2017 Formula 1 car, the RS17, in France on Tuesday, along with officially introducing race drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Jolyon Palmer, and test driver Sergei Sorotkin. It has also given the car a clean nose design, as opposed to the protuding thumb shape rivals have employed. ![]() The mirrors also sit beside new arms, highlighting the complexity of the 2017 car's aerodynamic design.īehind the car's airbox, Mercedes has opted for a slim strip rather than a shark fin as seen on other 2017 cars like the Williams FW40. The bargeboards lead into three-part slats which direct the air along the side of the car. Opinion: Watch Bottas - he can beat Hamilton It features ultra-slim side pods and a larger floor with innovative use of airflow along its outer edges, that feeds into louvres. Like the rest of the grid’s new runners, the F1 W08 is wider, lower and more aggressive-looking than its predecessor, with wider tyres. ![]() ![]() New 2023 Mercedes-AMG GT: upcoming coupe spotted testing.New 2023 Mercedes-AMG GT tests 800bhp-plus PHEV drivetrain.Opinion: Could the next Mercedes-AMG GT be a 911 killer?.2023 Mercedes-AMG GT to be crowned by 831bhp plug-in hybrid. ![]()
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