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No overnight fix for Renault problems warns Illien

Success will not come overnight for Renault in the wake of their buyout of Lotus warns Mario Illien, whose company Ilmor has been signed up by the French carmaker to help power its return to the top in formula one. Amid the struggle so far in F1's new ‘power unit' era, Renault's premier partner Red Bull enlisted the services of Illien – a renowned F1 engine guru – last year. As the relationship between Renault and Red Bull broke down, however, the full fruits of Illien's work did not materialise. But he has now been signed up directly by Renault for the new works team effort from 2016. 'I signed a contract with Renault two weeks ago,' Swiss Illien confirmed to the...
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