Alpine chief executive Laurent Rossi believes that management errors and failed customer relationships in the past led to Renault losing all credibility as an engine supplier in F1. The French manufacturer currently powers just one team on the grid, its Alpine subsidiary. For years, Renault - whose F1 program was managed by Cyril Abiteboul - was the partner of choice of Red Bull, with the pair winning multiple world championships together. But from the start of the hybrid era in Formula 1 in 2014, the relationship progressively crumbled and descended into acrimony before team and engine partner split at the end of 2019, with Red Bull switching its allegiance to Honda power with great...
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