Bruno Famen, who is stepping down as team principal at Alpine, explained the extent to which Renault’s power plants are inferior in terms of power to those of their rivals.
“The FIA figures show that the Renault engine is currently 15 kilowatts behind the competition,” Bruno Famen tells the Beyond The Grid podcast. – When Formula 1 switched to hybrid engines in 2014, Renault completely missed this point.
Now our power plant is 10 to 15 kilowatts inferior to others. On average, this results in a loss of two tenths per round.”
Renault is about to complete a program to develop its own power plant and switch to customer engines from 2026. Famen said this was unpleasant news for employees of the engine division at the Viri base: “Last Tuesday we held a big meeting in Viri, where we informed employees about the existence of a project to switch to another power plant in Viri. 2026. And it came as a real shock to them.”
Source: F1 News
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