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Nobody was completely ready for V8

No team was completely ready for the introduction of V8 engines at the start of this season, Renault's head of trackside engine operations Denis Chevrier has claimed - even though his engines have been among the more reliable.

"The V8s are still young engines, and I don't think any team was 100% ready for the start of the season," Chevrier said. "At Renault, we had done a lot of mileage in the winter, encountered problems that we had worked hard to resolve, and started the season in a stronger position than some of our rivals. But every manufacturer is still working through the challenges encountered early in the life of a new engine, and nobody can yet say they have solved them all."

"The conclusions we can draw show that engine performance is very similar from team to team," Chevrier added. "There are some small differences in peak revs, for example, but there are no bad V8 engines out there. Now, the challenge is to add performance to what is still a young engine, without compromising reliability. It is not an easy job."

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