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Renault Sport Racing and McLaren Racing are pleased to announce they have agreed an engine supply partnership for the 2018, 2019 and 2020 seasons. The deal will see Renault Sport Racing supply McLaren with Formula 1 power units, while also establishing a close working relationship with McLaren’s engineers and technicians.
I've read somewhere that Honda has oneFar wrote:Some sources say MB have dyno chassis did McLaren have this too now?
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About time! Very nice.namao wrote:Confirmed.https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/830016929658175488
In terms of Renault teams: RBR & STR use exxon productsRedragon wrote:It is cheaper for Castrol to supply Mclaren, logistically speaking, Mclaren is just one team, with Renault would have been three this year.
RB & TR to use Mobil 1/EssoRedragon wrote:It is cheaper for Castrol to supply Mclaren, logistically speaking, Mclaren is just one team, with Renault would have been three this year.
Renault insists it will deliver the same top-spec engine to supplied teams Red Bull and Toro Rosso in 2017, though admits it has been optimised for BP's products.
Red Bull / Mobil:"But we have made sure that the engine will also work with Exxon Mobil's fuel and oil, for Red Bull and Toro Rosso – there is no extra work [needed] in the development.
This means BP & Castrol will most probably make different Fuels and Oils to go with the Honda PURed Bull only announced in December that it was switching to ExxonMobil, after luring the American company away from a long partnership it had had with McLaren.
Although the relationship is still in its infancy, ExxonMobil's global motorsport technology manager Bruce Crawley says the initial feedback has been positive, which bodes well for further gains once the two companies get to know each other better.
"We believe we have got off to a really good start," says Crawley. "Our fuel and engine package has a decent competitive advantage, so we are quite pleased with the initial outcome to the programme – and we are pushing now for further improvements."
If that´s the case, then there´s also a C spec that is being targeted for the European racesswifteddie1 wrote:I hope that is the case rather than a B spec that is being targeted for the European races.
McLaren:Far wrote:Some sources say MB have dyno chassis did McLaren have this too now?
Seems they have one.In the fierce proving ground of Formula 1, BP is supplying a range of performance lubricants for Honda’s Internal Combustion Engine (ICE). The team will also benefit from Castrol’s high-performance lubricants and greases that will be used in the team’s Mazak-powered machine shop and dynamic chassis rig.
That's what i meant, exxon is now with RBR and STR, so the switch for Castrol from Renault to Honda it os a bit better logistically as they stay in F1 as sponsor but supplying one team.lio007 wrote:In terms of Renault teams: RBR & STR use exxon productsRedragon wrote:It is cheaper for Castrol to supply Mclaren, logistically speaking, Mclaren is just one team, with Renault would have been three this year.
Castrol/BP didn't switch from Renault to Honda, they'll supply both in 2017.Redragon wrote:That's what i meant, exxon is now with RBR and STR, so the switch for Castrol from Renault to Honda it os a bit better logistically as they stay in F1 as sponsor but supplying one team.
My mistaque got confused with the RBR new deal Exxomobil and Mclaren new deal with Castro/BPkaepernickus wrote:Castrol/BP didn't switch from Renault to Honda, they'll supply both in 2017.Redragon wrote:That's what i meant, exxon is now with RBR and STR, so the switch for Castrol from Renault to Honda it os a bit better logistically as they stay in F1 as sponsor but supplying one team.
Also Castrol/BP wasn't in F1 last year.
Renault (and RBR) were with Total in 2016.