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Horner reassured over Renault commitment

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says he was reassured about Renault's commitment to his team between the Chinese and Bahrain races.

Horner has been openly critical of Renault so far this season following a number of reliability issues which have limited Red Bull to a best finish of sixth so far. Such is the severity of the situation, Horner returned to Europe between back-to-back races in April but says the meeting he had has left him satisfied with the engine manufacturer's desire to improve.

"I went to Paris between China and [Bahrain]," Horner said. "I had a constructive discussion with Jerome Stoll who is the main board member within Renault and they don’t want to be in this position.

"They want to be in F1 to compete and they want to win, they don’t want to be in the situation that they are, so of course that is not going to come for free. He recognises that and Renault seem committed to finding a solution."

And Horner says he is confident Renault has been working on fixes for the reliability issues faced so far this season.

"We have had problems in every race so far, but it has to turn. Renault can’t afford for this situation to continue and they are acutely aware of that. So long as it is a repeat failure and not a new failure, whilst disappointing, the failures that have been so far there are solutions in the pipeline for."

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.