Alpine chief Laurent Rossi has lamented Renault's lack of engine customers but admits their 'own goal' in the past created the situation. Renault is the only engine manufacturer on this year's grid that powers just one team, Alpine, their own team. Last season the company had two teams, its own and McLaren, while prior to that Red Bull and its junior team also ran Renault power. Red Bull had great success with Renault, winning the championship double from 2010 to 2013. However, the arrival of F1's current generation of engines, the turbocharged V6 engines, saw Renault drop the ball and slowly but surely their relationship with Red Bull imploded, leading to an extremely public, and...
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