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Red Bull opted against using new alternator in Texas
Nov.24 It has emerged that Red Bull chose not to use a new specification of alternator, available to Renault powered teams, last weekend at the United States GP in Austin.
Engine supplier Renault's Magneti Marelli units have been troublesome in 2012, and Red Bull team figures were scathing last weekend when Mark Webber had to retire from the US grand prix.
At the Circuit of the Americas, designer Adrian Newey referred to the alternator as a 'ticking time bomb'.
'It has been on the Renault engine since about 2005 and it has been failing since 2005 as well,' he said.
But as far as Renault is concerned, the solution for the crucial season finale in Brazil this weekend was simple.
'We go for...
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