Troubled engine supplier Renault is expecting to grapple with more "issues" in Malaysia this weekend. After a disastrous winter season, the French marque had improved its new turbo V6 'power unit' for Melbourne, but most partner teams - and notably reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel - still suffered race-ending problems. "We had several issues across the cars in Melbourne," Renault's operations chief Remi Taffin admitted this week, "but we have recreated the problems in the dyno at Viry. "Most are fixed and the remaining will be under control by Friday in Sepang," he added. "While we anticipate further issues may occur we are much more able to...
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