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Renault zip is 'compromise'

Renault's car can spring off the start line because its designers opted to 'compromise' elsewhere, an unnamed rival technical director has claimed. Britain's Autosport magazine said the Enstone-built racer is the quickest to the first corner because of a rear-heavy weight distribution and a torque-biased engine.

Previously, the amazing Renault start system - the envy of pitlane - was one of the public mysteries of modern Formula One. The technical director told the magazine: "Renault have chosen a fundamentally different philosophy from their competition."

He said a 'more robust (heavier) transmission package' meant Renault had to compromise the aerodynamic spec.

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