Renault assumed a damage limitation mode for round four of the F1 world championship in Bahrain, and was rewarded with a double points finish even if it lost another engine right at the end of the 57-lap race. After much-publicised problems with its 2015-spec turbocharged V6 in the opening three race weekends, the regie erred towards conservatism in the heat of Bahrain, and came away with sixth and ninth place finishes in the hands of Red Bull pairing Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat. However, the Australian crossed the line trailing an ominous plume of white smoke behind his RB11. “Another engine problem is definitely not what we wanted to see, but I will take as a positive sign that...
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