Renault has played down the spate of reliability issues across its works and customer teams in recent races and says they will be addressed with the latest specification of power unit in Austria.
Renault power secured its first win of the season at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but Daniel Ricciardo's victory came in an unpredictable race in which Mercedes and Ferrari both encountered issues and incidents. What's more, three of the six Renault-powered cars retired with reliability problems, marking the second Energy Store issue on Max Verstappen's Red Bull in as many races while Jolyon Palmer's disappointing season continued with a misfire from the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) of his works Renault.