Red Bull aren’t expecting any progress from engine supplier Renault for at least ‘two or three months’ according to team principal Christian Horner.
The Milton Keynes based team has made public its anger with Renault’s under-powered engine, but progress is being made back at the French manufacturer’s Viry facility.
“They are making good progress on their dyno,” Horner told the official F1 website. “They now have some strategic decisions about implementation, and the direction they want to take their development for the rest of this season – and that has an enormous impact on next year.”
However due to the longer lead times on the power unit side, that progress, which Horner described as “encouraging”, won’t make it to the track for at least a few months.
“From where the concept is at the moment you are probably looking at least at a couple of months. Two to three months. It needs to happen this year – but also what you learn this year will help you next season.
“Of course it tests our patience. Like any competitive team we want performance yesterday, and unfortunately with engines the lead time is a lot longer than with the chassis.
“Patience is something that we are not really good at. We want to have performance as soon as possible…”
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