During the three winter test sessions, the Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso Formula 1 car covered the total distance of 9,800km, or 32 Grands Prix in 12 days.
This is an impressive achievement since Renault is supplying engines to just two teams this year in comparison to four last season: Red Bull Racing, Toro Rosso, Lotus and Caterham. “Running as much as possible was our Number 1 objective, so we’re pleased to have seen one of our power units complete five grand prix cycles across Barcelona’s first and second tests,” said Remi Taffin, director of operations.
“We experienced a little down time on the final day with an ERS problem at Red Bull and an ICE problem at Toro Rosso, but are confident that the specification run in Melbourne will have eliminated these issues,” he confessed. “There’s still further potential to be extracted before Melbourne, especially in terms of driveability. But, as far as the amount of power delivered is concerned, we’re definitely there,” he explained. “My assessment of pre-season testing is reasonably positive. Before it began our main priority was reliability, and eliminating the gremlins we saw over the winter and in Jerez,” said Cyril Abiteboul, managing director. “But it’s still imperative that we eke out every last bit of potential from the power unit between now and Melbourne,” he added.
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