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Red Bull use McLaren alternator on RB9
After rumours emerged in the Italian press about RBR's alternator, Renault Sport have now confirmed to F1Technical that Red Bull Racing is indeed using a McLaren Eletronic System alternator in combination with the Renault engine. The firm notes this is the case 'for some time now', with all other Renault powered teams still using the Magnetti Marelli alternators, similar to last year. Renault's technical director, Rob White, says this is the result of the problems during 2012: 'We suffered unacceptable recurrent reliability issues with alternators fitted to the RS27-2012 engine that we supply to all our teams. At Renault, we take full responsibility for the design and integration of the...
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