For the first time, Renault has declared Red Bull as its official 'works team'. Recently, amid a Red Bull-pressured restructuring of the struggling French supplier, Cyril Abiteboul returned from Caterham to head Renault's preparations for a stronger 2015. He admitted to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport that not making Red Bull its clear focus for the new turbo V6 era was a mistake by Renault. "Renault has tried in recent years to treat all four of its customers equally," Abiteboul said. "From the perspective of Caterham, where I worked a year ago, it was nice. But for Red Bull it was counterproductive," he explained. So Abiteboul declared that, now, Renault's "works...
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